reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
armament; soldier's equipment
soldier; combatant; warrior
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to crouch; to squat; to cower
mask; disguise; guise; mask
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
full breasts; large breasts; ample breasts; breast augmentation
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
to mix; to stir; to blend
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
charming figure; alluring figure
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
crotch; thigh; groin; crutch
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
a second time; again; once more; twice
without; but if; otherwise; or else
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else