occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shoot (of a tree or plant); chute; shuuto; shootball
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
to run around; to bustle about
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
(giving) instruction; initiation
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
fake; something false; sham; deception
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
useless; no good; hopeless
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn