to pause; to have a short intermission
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
serious; severe; grave; acute
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to peer into the darkness
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to jar; to creak; to grate
to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
changing clothes; change of clothes
(being) face to face; facing each other
for the first time in one's life
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
preserved food boiled in sweetened soy sauce
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to like; to love; to be fond of
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
virgin; innocent young woman
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy