professor; teaching; instruction
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
viaduct; overhead bridge; overpass; land bridge (biogeography)
(water-filled) paddy field
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
hard to reach place; remote place
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
older sister; elder sister
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
to fly around; to scatter
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
future (usually near); prospects
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to