time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
striking with the back of the sword
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
using every trick in the book; using every trick one knows; by one rouse or another; with careful coaxing; carefully (e.g. nursing a damaged vehicle)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
technique; art; skill; move
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to be nearing death; to be dying
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to make a mistake; to blunder
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to put one's life on the line
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
solitude; loneliness; isolation
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
this; our; right; justice; checking account
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
a pair (of shoes or socks)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
iron hammer; crushing blow
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)