to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
finishing blow; coup de grâce
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
bitter experience (ordeal)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
Chris; Kris; Kriss; Kurisu
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
ten; 10; ten years of age
second (unit of time); arc second
notice; attention; observation
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
number one; first; best; most; game; round
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to lose sight of; to miss
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title
being the runner-up; finishing second
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
decision; settlement; definition
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
(your) daughter; young woman