having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
leaving everything up to someone else
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
from here; from this place
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
fully prepared; all ready
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
top of the head; crown of the head
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
interior; inside; internal
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
(in) the air; midair; sky
to shoot down; to win (a position, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
complete victory; total victory
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)