to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
manly; masculine; like a man
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
how long; how much; to what extent
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
be (that) as it may; having said that
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
true to one's name; living up to one's name
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to turn completely into; to become completely
baseball player; ballplayer
neighbourhood; neighborhood
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
acceleration; speeding up
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be silent; to say nothing
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature