learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
iron hammer; crushing blow
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
end of a match; end of a game
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
loud shout; excited cheering
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to exaggerate; to overstate
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
ingenuity; resourcefulness
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
abusive language; violent language; wild words
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
to be ill; to suffer from
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to take on a role; to take part
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
cunning and experienced in the ways of the world; crafty and worldly-wise; sly old (fox)
chance (of success); odds
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
the public; general public