quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
recitation; reciting from memory
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
repechage; revival series; loser's bracket; second-chance match
first game; first round (e.g. of a tournament)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
to be annoying; to be troublesome; to be a burden
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
place of execution; execution site
to march (someone) off (e.g. to the police station); to lead away; to take away
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
as you see; as you can see
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
Kōchi Prefecture (Shikoku)
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)
classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style; purist; follower of the orthodox school
participation award; prize for participation