fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to become misty; to become hazy
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
meeting convened to discuss issues; planning conference; review meeting; feedback session; investigative commission
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
dietetics; nutritional science
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to pile up; to accumulate
busy; having no (free) time
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
secret technique; secret art
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
above all else; more than anything
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
cash bonus; reward; bounty
(abbr) Japan Association of Athletics Federations; JAAF
donation; contribution; offering
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
Japanese Olympic Committee
national polity; National Athletic Meet
International Sports Federation
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
manners; behavior; behaviour