rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
transcendence; excellence; superiority
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
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
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
one thin flat object; one sheet
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot