spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
smelting furnace; blast furnace
chink in the armor (armour)
to get narrower; to contract
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
manjū with a meat filling; steamed yeast bun with a meat filling
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
field mouse; meadow mouse
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
failure is the mother of success
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
(not) a single person; (no) one
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
thawing; defrosting; decompression (of data); extraction; unpacking
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations
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
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation