to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to grow up; to become an adult
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
one thin flat object; one sheet
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
one's place of appointment; one's post
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
patriot devoted to the salvation of his country
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
sense of relief; feeling of relief
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
new and old; incoming and outgoing
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided