pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
telephone book; telephone directory
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
fully armed; armed to the teeth
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
explosive; blasting powder
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
exclamation point; exclamation mark
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
fast-talking; rapid talking
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
average; leveling; levelling
final; eventual; ultimate
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
dying in a fit of anger or indignation
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway