carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
superconductivity; super-conductivity
oblique line; forward slash
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
very loose; slowly; leisurely
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to speak; to say; to vocalize
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
to remember; to keep in mind
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
personal; individual; private
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
decoration; ornament; trimmings
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
to telephone; to make a phone call
admiration; wonder; astonishment
spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge
in person; personally; (do) oneself
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
inheritance; something given or received
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
waking; waking up; awakening
to make an appeal; to urge
undefeated; unbeatable; invincible
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear
gazing at (in wonderment)