hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
four (long cylindrical things)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
spine; backbone; spinal column
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
choked voice; broken voice; emotional voice
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to speak; to say; to vocalize
weight; heavyweight boxer
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
ornamental ridge-end tile
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
internal organs; intestines; viscera
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
fusuma paper; paper pasted over a fusuma (similar to wallpaper)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to balance; to counterpoise; to remain unchanged; to share (e.g. the expense); to bear (part of)
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in