carelessly; inattentively
first challenge; first try
all of Japan; the whole of Japan; all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships; Japan national team
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
selection; choice; screening
international game; international match
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
winter vacation; winter holidays
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
doping test; dope test; drug test
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
phantom; vision; illusion
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
mobile phone number; cell phone number
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
to show up; to appear; to turn up
hope; white hope; person of promise
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
this one; with this; in this way
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
like he said; same for me; ditto