unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
throwing technique; throw
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
principal occupation; core business
to launch a surprise attack
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
equipment; fixtures; furnishings; fittings; furniture; supplies
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
at work; in the midst of work; working
to carry around; to carry on one's person
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to shout (in anger); to yell
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
chaps (in the skin); cracks
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
restoration; repair; mending
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles