excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to shout (in anger); to yell
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
one by one; one after another; successively
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
call; summons; convening; convocation
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to make an appearance; to show up
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
(walking) stick; cane; wand
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
subspace (in science fiction); space free from the laws of physics
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight