fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
sour look; surly face; pout
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
deciding match; play-off; runoff
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to get a big surprise; to be astonished
green light; (giving) permission; OK
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
viewer; (television) audience
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
looking depressed; long face
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
innermost depths of one's heart
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
opinion; point of view; visual point
how long; how far; how much
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns