to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
marking; grading; scoring
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
heartstrings; koto string
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
to succeed; to bear fruit
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into