bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
game in which a dangling piece of bread is grabbed in the mouth and raced to the finish line (in school sports festivals)
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front
to eat up; to consume (completely)
oral respiration; mouth breathing; breathing through one's mouth
chanko; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
calm before the storm; lull before the storm
bathing; going in the bath
individual; one by one; separate; each
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
to call again; to call (someone) back
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
low kick (e.g. in fighting)
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
intense antipathy (like a blazing fire); (lit.) flames of rage
no way!; no chance!; I don't want to do it!
dawn (esp. from the 16th day of the lunar month onward); portable paper lantern for walking at night
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
separate building; outbuilding; outhouse
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
as expected; as predicted
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
to be born under a (certain) star; to be born with a certain destiny; to be fated
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunate that ...
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
to have a narrow escape from death
to have confidence in one's own abilities
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)