opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
study; research; investigation
to claim victims; to cause casualties
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
war; fighting; fierce competition
modern Japanese; current written style
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
world history; international history
history of Japan; Japanese history
health and physical education
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
sunlight; rays of the Sun
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
iron nail; metal nail; scrawl; scrawled writing
calm; composed; leisurely
urgency; exigency; emergency
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
the same as always; day after day
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
exposure to the sun; sunny place
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)