first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to force one's way through
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
offensive (movement); aggression
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
on countless occasions; many a time
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
nothing; nil; naught; nought
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to detain; to check; to restrain
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
old age; old person; the old; the aged
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
certainly; surely; definitely
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
way (of doing); manner; method; means
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to push aside; to push one's way through
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot