poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
timidity; nervousness; being easily intimidated
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
direct unforked road; straight path
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
remaining quantity; residual quantity
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
to tower over the surroundings
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to fly around; to scatter
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
comma; decimal point; radix point
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to approach; to draw near
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance