lack of sleep; sleep deprivation
white Lolita (fashion style)
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
respectfully; faithfully; seriously; reverently
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
someone; a certain person
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
submersion; inundation; being flooded
edge of the ring; verge; brink; critical moment
overhand throw; a throw using the outside of the arm
slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)
married woman; another's wife
Morse code (esp. signalling)
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
to listen again; to ask again