to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
being struck by lightning; torpedo attack
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to throw into; to toss into
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad side of a bargain; (lit.) to draw the joker (i.e. when playing Old Maid)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
group; party; team; squad; section
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
riskiness; (level of) danger
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
literally; to the letter; literal
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at