force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
had better ...; had better not ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to talk; to carry meaning
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
victim; injured party; sufferer
alone; by oneself; on one's own
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
anything and everything; just about everything
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around