secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
trouble; bother; annoyance
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
extinction; annihilation; destruction
complete recovery of health
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
pardon me for leaving (first)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)
difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
to forget to say; to forget to mention
because; the reason is; if you want to know why