sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
believable; credible; trustworthy
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to crack; to develop a crack
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
curse; spell; malediction
dominion; territory; possession
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
Sammy; Samy; Sami; Sammy (Japanese pachinko machine and game manufacturer)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
inexhaustibility; mutual financing association
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction