succession; continuation; series; sequence
education; training; discipline
loss of momentum or follow-through as a result of impact; getting knocked aside
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
(physically) pushing and pulling; back-and-forth (in a negotiation, contest, etc.); push-pull (manual zoom or focus mechanism on a lens); weighing whether to attack or defend (with one's hand); haggling (over price); bargaining
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
nameko (var. of mushroom) (Pholiota nameko)
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
accomplice; co-conspirator
cost of a lesson learned (e.g. from failing at something); price of a life lesson
veneer; outer layer that conceals something's true nature; (lit.) one layer of skin
long-established; old-established; traditional
to be manageable; to be able to handle
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
grudge; complaint; reproach