third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
trigrade conjugation (of the classical verbs "su" and "ku"); conjugation in which the stem vowel alternates between "i", "u" and "o"
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
mountain road; mountain trail
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife)
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
cool; stylish; awesome; sick; sweet; dope
to fire (a gun) ceaselessly; to fire away; to blaze away; to fire volley after volley
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
accuracy of fire (gun, missile, etc.)
chief; main; principal; major
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
conditional; qualified; with conditions attached
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly