back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
pleased; obliged; appreciative
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
publication of results; announcement of results
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
aggregate results; totalled results; collected results
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
form; method; system; formula
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
insertion; incorporation; infixing
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
visiting a temple for another
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to be needed; to be wanted
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
climax; peak; zenith; apex
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude