need for approval; desire for recognition; esteem needs
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
pride; dignity; self-worth
coaching; couching (stitch)
free (of charge); gratuitous
daily; perishable foods delivered daily to retailers; perishables
very; extremely; absurd; ridiculous; excessive; extreme
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
first challenge; first try
taking (a class); studying; completion (of a course)
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to be saved up (of money)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
gyro; gyroscope; gyro; gyrocompass
anti-travel sickness (medicine)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious