blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
largest class; top category
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
place for storing things; container; compartment; closet; pocket
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to join forces; to cooperate
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
cut; reduction; curtailment
decrease; reduction; decline
unnecessary; unneeded; useless; having nothing to do; unoccupied; idle
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
advocate; proponent; supporter
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
secular life; workaday world
someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat
self-torturing; masochistic
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
breakdown of negotiations
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
Adam's apple; laryngeal prominence
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
order; directive; instructions; command
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout