to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
first of the season (e.g. produce, catch); virgin
match; game; bout; contest
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to take to task; to take it out on
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; to feel tense
to lie down; to throw oneself down
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
feeling depressed; feeling gloomy; feeling downhearted
quick-tempered; impatient
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
handcraft; handwork; hand throwing technique (judo)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
surrounding at a distance
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
narrator in Japanese silent cinema
thereupon; shortly thereafter
two by two; by twos; as a couple
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
on-the-spot filming or photography; live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.)
superb view; picturesque scenery
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land