to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
power; might; authority; influence
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance