backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
piton (metal support peg used when climbing); hook
ninja throwing knives; medieval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle); clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
scaling; climbing; ascending
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
to boost; to force up; to push up
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
physical strength; muscle strength
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
stipend (paid to court officials, samurai, etc.); salary; fief; (arch.) gift (given as a reward); (arch.) token of appreciation
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 project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to listen again; to ask again
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonica); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)