new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
memory; sense; experience
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to be opposite; to face each other
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
image; figure; figure; form; image
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
jujitsu (classical Japanese martial art, usually referring to fighting without a weapon); jiujitsu; jujutsu
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to throw up a smoke screen; to put up a false front; to purposely mislead
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
club activities; extracurricular activities
mantou; (Chinese) steamed bun
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
girls' or women's division or section
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
spider's thread; spider silk
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
clothes; clothing; garments
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip