to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
powerful person; influential person
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
everybody; every last one of them; all
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
a little bit; a little while
to follow another's example
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to capture; to seize; to plunder
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
arrest; apprehension; capture
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
world; society; people; the public
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
incident; affair; happening; event
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
sequel; later development
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick