carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
loading; charging; filling
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
this is why; this means; it is the case that
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to be hesitant; to feel timid
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
initiation into an art or discipline
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
cannot be compared with; no match for
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
to stiffen; to become stiff
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
mobile telephone; cellular telephone