judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
independent action; acting alone
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
foreign enemy; outside invader
nothing but; none other than
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to cut corners; to be shoddy
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
as you see; as you can see
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
just one person; only one
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains