information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
match (to light fire with)
literally; to the letter; literal
organization for local children (for growth via sports, study, service, etc.)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to wheedle a person into doing something; to carry a portable shrine
place; situation; position; location
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
platform; home; home base; home plate
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
already; now; no longer; not any more
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind