tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
how; in what way; by what means
to attack; to assault; to assail
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
steamed bun with minced pork filling
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
difference; variation; difference
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
even if; even though; however; no matter how
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one