long military service; having experienced many battles
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
amplitude; degree of vibration; range of vibration; degree of instability
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
preserved food boiled in soy
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to be cooked; to have finished cooking
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to underrate; to make light of
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
briskly with small steps; trotting
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
encouragement; urging; spurring on
totally willing; fully motivated
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
being on the ropes; losing ground
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet