modern Japanese; current written style
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
random thoughts; occasional thoughts; desultory thoughts
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
to translate; to interpret
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
multiple choice (e.g. question)
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
writing; composition; essay; sentence
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
whole school; the first proof; one proofreading
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
particularly; only; in the case of
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
low (level, value, price, etc.)
poor physical health; bad shape
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person