spelling; orthography; patching; binding
allotment; quota; payment in installments; payment in instalments; hire-purchase
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
March; third month of the lunar calendar
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
to glare at each other; to confront each other
close; intimate; on good terms
on bad terms; at loggerheads
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
being left out; being ostracized
strong interaction; strong force
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to yearn for; to be in love with
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
present; gift; to give a present or gift
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
complete change; about-face
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
grandfather; male senior-citizen