place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
considerably; greatly; a lot
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
relatively; comparatively
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
Japanese person; Japanese people
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
while; during; while; although; all; both
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to accept; to receive; to agree
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility