exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
in this way; thus; such; uh...
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
senior high school; high school
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
together; at the same time; same; identical
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
such ... as; or some such
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
takoyaki; octopus dumplings