faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
charging (electrically); electrification
remaining quantity; residual quantity
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
for today; for the time being
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
best regards; please take care of; please do
convenient; handy; useful
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
highlighter; highlighter pen
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
subtracting points; points deducted
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to take back; to recapture
person who is ...; thing that is ...
beauty is only skin-deep; (lit.) one gets tired of a beauty in three days
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
settlement; conclusion; summary