to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
master; expert; brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.); excellent move
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
counter for birds or rabbits
mayfly; ephemerality (of life); (arch.) dragonfly
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
holder of a dan rank; dan player (in go or shogi); black belt (in martial arts)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.); artificially hastening the growth of plants (by controlling heat, light, etc.)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to leap back; to jump back
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path