to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
heart; guts; nerve; central part
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to cease; to stop; to be over
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
two (long cylindrical things)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
since then; from that time; ever since
almost every day; almost daily
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)