venue (for judo, kendo, etc.); (boxing) ring
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
bent back; prone posture; weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
meditation; contemplation
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
continuation; succession; series; continuous
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
extension; prolongation; enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
everything working out as desired
intelligence; intellect; brains
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch