decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
matter of time; question of time
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
one thin flat object; one sheet
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
scene; view; prospect; outlook
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
come out!; where are you?
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick