achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
low hit (e.g. in baseball or golf); downhill
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
calm; composed; cool; quiet
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
trivial; not amounting to much
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
one breath; chug!; drink!
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
using together (jointly); used at the same time
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)