consideration; taking into account
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
adviser; advisor; consultant
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
report card; result sheet
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
setting a bad example to others
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
disclosure; exposure; revelation
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; (lit.) monk for three days
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to be prolonged; to drag on
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to watch over; to watch attentively
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
Natsume Souseki (1867-1916)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
loved one; lover; sweetheart
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
folding into four; quarto
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel