declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
number of times; frequency; count
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
answering question by question
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
first place; head position; leading position
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
power; might; authority; influence
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
two times; twice; two degrees
to repeat; to do something over again
one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
if it is the case that ...
addition; adding; supplement
once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
subtracting points; points deducted
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
something like ...; something called ...
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh