tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
whistle (sound made with the lips)
wild beast; wild animal; brute
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to put one's life on the line
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
very young; little; childish; immature
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
shriek of delight; cry of joy
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
audience; spectator; spectators
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
beyond that point; after that
regulation; adjustment; control
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited