nine; team; players on a team; no
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
imprudent; indiscreet; immodest; indecent; inconsiderate; inappropriate
way of speaking; intimation
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
death game; genre of fiction in which characters participate in a contest where their lives are at stake
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
(in) the air; midair; sky
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
as (for); for; in the capacity of
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
pointing out; identification
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
lowercase letter; small letter
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty