group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
(small) stone; rock; piece of stone
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
direct unforked road; straight path
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to harden earth into a mass
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
sense of orientation; sense of direction
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
graph paper; section paper
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
modesty; humility; being humble
to become vulgar; to coarsen
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
pop; popular; pop-art-style; pop (music); pop (stack operation)
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
untouched; unused; intact
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
good-quality; superior in quality
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
flour; meal; powder; heroin
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
removing the astringent taste (from persimmons)