to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy
this family; our family; this house; we
finishing blow; coup de grâce
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
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)
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
being too late; losing one's final chance
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
grandfather; male senior-citizen
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
something; some kind of; for some reason
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to serve; to work for; to attend
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition