to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to pierce through; to break through
to run through; to run past
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
to blow through; to blow across
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
to live through; to survive
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to hold fast; to protect to the end
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to fight to the bitter end
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
to stick it out (until the end)
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
to lose one's senses (over); to be out of one's mind (over); to be completely captivated (by); to be smitten; to be engrossed (in)
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
old maid (game); living without one's mother-in-law
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
foolish look; stupid look
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.); clip (from a video); video clip
to take a breather; to take a break
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; giving vent to one's frustrations; cooling off
to leave undyed; to dye partly (leaving some base colour); to heavily and completely dye; to dye fast
principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare
to tower above; to stand out
oversight; omission; mistake
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
discouragement; disappointment
die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter
to be clearly ahead of the competition; to stand out noticeably above one's rivals; to stand out from the crowd
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs
fallen hair; combings; hair left on comb
native-born; trueborn; (belonging) from the start (to a group, organization, etc.); career (e.g. diplomat)
passing through; through passage
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
dispiritedness; dejection; languor; going flat (of a carbonated drink, beer, etc.)
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
tournament; knockout competition
overarm stroke (type of traditional Japanese swimming style)
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation
having missing teeth; toothlessness
slipping one's bonds; escaping; flight
principal; main; important; fashionable
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics); passing business to a subcontractor and collecting a kickback
to outrun; to run through to the end
to lose a tooth; to lose one's teeth
breaking one's ties (with); breaking off (from); pulling out (of); geisha, prostitute, etc. absconding without repaying indenture loans
to pull teeth out; to extract a tooth
to be shrewd; to be sharp; to keep your wits about you; (lit.) to pluck out the eye of a live horse
reverse printing; printing only the background; reverse-printed motif; reverse-printed text
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
spot check; snap inspection; surprise test
desalinating with water; salt removal
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
to ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation)
to sell out before the price falls (usu. shares); to sell at a profit
draining (esp. pipes from water for the winter); drainhole; drain; drainage
to explain away; to answer evasively
going concern; stocks and all; goods and furniture included
to draw swords and face off
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
to pull out (with force); to pierce; to bore into; to steal (e.g. personal information)
to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end
smuggling (during the Edo period); contraband
to lose interest; to slacken off
to uncask; to open a barrel
to swing (a bat, racket etc.) all the way through; to swing completely; to take a full swing
overtaking; passing; pursuit (event)
back-and-forth; neck-and-neck
sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped
removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
refinement; style; sophistication
soaking of clams in salt water to remove grit
air of (deliberate) imperfection (esp. in make-up)
'ra'-removed; the practice of dropping the 'ra' in potential forms like 'taberareru'
(sushi) without wasabi; wasabi-free
to pull out nostril hairs; to outwit; to fool
slipping out the back way with swindled goods
tax excluded; excluding tax
to be very shrewd; to be highly intelligent; to be very smart
to withdraw from a society; to quit an association; to give up one's membership of a society
card game variant of old maid
to extract (e.g. a passage from a book); to make an excerpt
erotic video game made for the purpose of masturbation
deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
leaving temporarily; stepping out; going away for a while; camera focusing error (on a space between two objects)
ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure
to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best
to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve
maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately
deep-rooted (suspicion, etc.)
dropping the "ra" in the potential form of verbs formed with "-rareru"
pouring boiling water over fried dishes to remove excess oil; western resist technique in porcelain painting using turpentine oil; oil extraction; oil extractor
to be at one's wit's end; to be in great trouble; to be at a loss
to sell off at peak price (usu. shares)
spot check; snap inspection; surprise test
nutmeg (in soccer); hitting a ball through the legs (e.g. in tennis)
to get ripped off for every last penny
shrewd face; knowing look
geisha, prostitute, etc. absconding without repaying indenture loans; (arch.) escape from a difficult situation; (arch.) stealthy footsteps
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
cutter (e.g. cookie cutter); punching die
without compliments (greetings)
to fall out and be replaced; to shed; to moult (molt)
exposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation
to be balding in the front; to have a receding hairline
runaway ninja; fugitive ninja
to blow through; to blow over; to blow itself out
decolorization; decolourization; decolorisation; decolourisation
pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)
removing the astringent taste (from persimmons)
to stick it out; to see it to the end
shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis
punching (e.g. with a die); die cutting; removing a partition (wall); artesian well
sequential sampling inspection (with reposition)
artesian well; tapped well
hollowing out; scooping out; gouging; drilling
(state of) having got rid of something (e.g. bad taste)
removing a partition (wall); straight through without interruption
to thin out (e.g. seedlings)
extremely heavy drinker; insatiable drinker
pixel defect (on an LCD display, e.g. dead pixel)
to make a blunder; to blunder; (lit.) to have one's kettle stolen on a moonlit night
counterattack while evading the opponent's attack (kendo)
selling out before the price drops (usu. shares); selling at the top of the market
pulling out by the roots; pulling up roots and all; (arch.) native-born; (arch.) trueborn
forgetfulness; leaving things unfinished
hard-boiled egg; starchy water (from boiled rice)
price without taxes added; price before tax
unpadded kimono; 1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar
the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs
sudden dissolution of a legislature
to go through all sorts of hardships
gutting (esp. a fish); gutted fish
to take someone by surprise; to startle someone; (lit.) to pull (someone's) buttock hair
stairwell; atrium; streamer; pennant
to thoroughly abuse; to completely torment; to bully to the end
to train thoroughly (one's body, muscles, etc.); to practice (a skill) to perfection
tempura soba without the noodles; missing the vital element
to see through; to be able to discern
outstandingly; by far; far and away; by a long shot; head and shoulders above the rest
draft (in casting); amount of taper for molded or cast parts
ponnuki; capturing a single stone, resulting in a diamond shape
cutouts (of coloured paper)
(a part of the source text) being left untranslated; being left out of the translation; omission from a translation
scoring combination in a dealt hand that becomes worth more at the end of the game if the player's total score is above 88
pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine without a travel permit or permission from one's parents or relatives (Edo period)
ponnuki go; first-capture go; atari go; go variant where whoever first captures one or more stones wins
missing important things here and there; full of gaps
bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)