tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
sudden; abrupt; improvised; hasty; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
retort; back talk; backchat
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
several people; a few people
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
pride; dignity; self-worth
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
infancy; childhood; tender age
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
counterclockwise; anti-clockwise
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
sense of speed; speed; promptness
to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that