best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
intuition; instinct; hunch
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
not understanding; not knowing
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
scenery; scene; landscape
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious