diversion; distraction; feint
performing without rehearsal; doing impromptu
shooter; vaccinator; inoculator; drummer (taiko, etc.)
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
sense of equilibrium; sense of balance
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to make (with great attention to detail); to produce; to craft; to build (something) into
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to warp; to become strained; to become distorted; to become crooked
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
hanging oneself; person who hanged themselves
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
what's what; heads or tails
to cleave; to saw through; to hack apart
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic
to tame (an animal); to domesticate
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
burning-hot tongs; red-hot tongs
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. of cold)
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit