to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
reception room; parlor; parlour
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
higher rank; better position
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
to have a chill run down one's spine
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
the press; journalism; fourth estate
education world or circles
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
villain; baddie; the villain's part
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to do over and over again; to have sex repeatedly
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
critic; reviewer; commentator
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
that kind; competition; match
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
job application form; employee satisfaction
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
expertise; specialized knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
interview (e.g. for a job)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement