I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
not long has passed since ...
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
to have a meal; to take a meal
endurance; perseverance; patience
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
one more time; once more; once again
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to become pale; to turn pale
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
power; might; authority; influence
these guys; these fellows
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to apply pressure to; to press
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
to surge; to well up; to gush out
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground
to dance; to perform dance steps
big catch (fishing); good haul
ability; capability; skill
in the same manner as before; the same as always
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test