contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
both armies; both teams; both sides
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
emperor; prince; princess
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
to sell off; to sell completely
rationalization; justification
fertile; rich; productive
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
as one had hoped; as one wishes
fighting spirit; battle aura; combative spirit
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
to make frantic efforts; to make an all-out effort; to try desperately
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
remnants of an enemy army
one by one; in detail; minutely
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
manipulation of information; spin
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
precarious situation; precarious state
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to temper thoroughly; to train well
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother