morning assembly; morning gathering; morning meeting
use of the familiar address "kun"; treating someone with familiarity
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
X-ray; roentgen (unit of ionizing radiation)
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse
to strip and leave clothes lying around
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
to loiter around; to wander about
finger flick to the forehead
don't worry about it; never mind; that's OK
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to be free; to be available
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to call each other; to call out to one another
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
being about to cry; the verge of tears
capacity; volume; capacitance
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
being startled; getting a shock
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard