abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
safety zone; traffic island
video game (played on a home console)
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
armed forces; military; troops
war; battle; match; game; competition
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
absentmindedly; vacantly; dully; to be unattractive; to be unsophisticated; to be unrefined
round shape; circle; circular form
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
untouched; unused; intact
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
nape (of the neck); nucha
unable to speak (due to overwhelming emotion); soundless; mute
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple