impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to be manageable; to be able to handle
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
snow-white; pure; immaculate
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
assistant ...; probationary ...
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
large tree; big tree; huge tree
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
six (long cylindrical things)
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to try all possible means
protracted war; war of attrition
full throttle; full power
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
trouble; bother; number of moves; number of punches; number of liberties
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
overheating; overexcitement