half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
secret language; code word; argot
to fight against; to oppose; to face
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
complete; completion (of a collection, video game, etc.)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
pot; (volcanic) crater; buttocks; gay man; queer; faggot
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)