tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
validity; verification; propriety
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
side effect; adverse reaction
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
low kick (e.g. in fighting)
one revolution; one rotation
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
stepping (on); trampling (on); trampling on (someone's feelings, rights, etc.); treating with contempt; disregarding
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
thorough; exhaustive; complete
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up