tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
considerably; fairly; quite
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
writing; composition; essay; sentence
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
future (usually near); prospects
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
for example; for instance; e.g.
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to be worried; to be troubled
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to be silent; to say nothing
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to spend time (on doing something)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
application problem; exercises
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest