New Year's Eve; end of the year
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
number of times; frequency; count
don't worry; there's no need to worry
the same kind; accomplice; partner
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
practice; practising; training; study
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
art of self-defense (defence)
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
great hurry; great haste; rush
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
inheritance; something given or received
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up