tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
sake jar; jar containing alcohol
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
eight (long cylindrical things)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
several times; a few times
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
amusing; funny; interesting
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to run out (e.g. of the room)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said