one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to knock down; to slap down; to floor
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
loss; defeat; counter for losses
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
young person; youth; young
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
only; merely; but; no more than
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
top of the head; crown of the head
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to set (sun); to become dark
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful