crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
holding one's sword pointing towards the opponent's eyes (kendo stance); warm, welcoming eyes
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
fair and square; open and aboveboard
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
good old; good old-fashioned
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
splish-splash; with a splash
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)