to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
death rate; mortality rate
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
to face on; to look out on to
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to be enchanted; to be charmed
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
interest (in something); enthusiasm
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
head; lead; vanguard; first
modesty; humility; being humble
honour; honor; glory; privilege
guardian; protector; patron; parent
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
ratio; proportion; percentage
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
after staying up all night
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
impossibly hard video game