contrary to one's expectations
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
interior design; interior; upholstery
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
cabinet; housing (for equipment)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
suddenly; all of a sudden
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
three; three years of age
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
one-on-one fighting sport (without weapons); combat sport; martial art
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
(musical) instrumentalist
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
custom; custom-made; customization; customs (government agency); customs duty
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start