to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to be exhausted; to be worn out
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
technique; art; skill; move
to trample; to crush underfoot
individual; private person; personal; private
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
life; living; I; me; student
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
overall victory; championship
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
adviser; advisor; consultant
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
river; stream; River; the ... river
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach