in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
thrust; driving force; propulsion
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
spine; backbone; spinal column
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
blow; shock; strike; batting
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
breathing exercise; breath control; spirit cultivation; chi kung; qigong
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
powerless; helpless; incompetent
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity