stimulating; exciting; provocative
ritual stamping in the ring; lineup; appearance together
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
(medical) doctor; physician
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
even if; even though; however; no matter how
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
recuperation; medical treatment
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
yes it is!; it surely is; certainly
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
column shape; cylinder; columnar
within Earth's atmosphere; inner space
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
importance; emphasis; stress
third day of the month; three days
one meal; one meal (a day)
fourth day of the month; four days
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident