to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
optician; optician's store
flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
with a momentary flash of light
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
north wind; northerly wind
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
point in common; common feature
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits); wagtail; longclaw
to mix; to blend; to combine
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
chocolate chips; chocolate chip
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye