heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
boxer (fighter); boxer (dog breed)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to make (someone) learn; to be accustomed to ...; to be used to ...; to always ...
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
while; even though; despite
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat