reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to collect; to assemble; to gather
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
final; eventual; ultimate
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
overlapping; piling; stacking
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to become clear; to be made public
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to jar; to creak; to grate
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
elopement; running away with a lover
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
first meeting; first interview with
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
laughing foolishly; cackling
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
form; shape; figure; visage
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)