practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
instant; moment; for an instant
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
even if ...; even supposing that ...
portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
not necessarily so; is not always true
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
letter; missive; note; mail
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
too much; excessively; too
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to suffer; to groan; to be worried