entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
step; stride; counter for steps
to be born; to come into the world
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
jokingly; in the form of a joke
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to be to the point; to be pertinent
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
garden lantern; hanging lantern
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to be overcome with emotion
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
student (esp. a university student)