after a long time; for the first time in a while
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
tedious; boring; being fed up with
the other day; a few days ago
armband; arm band; brassard
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
decision; determination; resolution
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
contradiction; inconsistency
because of; owing to; due to
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut