to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
they; those guys; those fellows
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
decision of a contest; finals
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to win and advance to the next round
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
suffix appended to someone else's family members
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)
how; in what way; in what manner
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook