free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
100,000; hundred thousand
deposit; payment; money received; money due
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
(bank) balance; remainder
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
primary school; elementary school; grade school
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
coordinated group gymnastics (in which teams form pyramids or other shapes)
guardian; protector; patron; parent
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to jar; to creak; to grate
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
one's house; one's home; one's family
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
interview (e.g. for a job)
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat