to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
wooden joint; wood joinery; kumite; sparring; yotsu-gumi clinch; mutual grappling hold; underhand pass with clasped hands (volleyball)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
notice; attention; observation
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
one's best interests; one's own good
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to mind; to care; to worry
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
holding a dan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
president (of a university); vice-chancellor; secretary-general; director; leader (esp. of a biker gang)
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
another time; some other time
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
many objects (for study); encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
protuberant; paunchy; idly
to keep a promise; to keep one's word