favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
iron hammer; crushing blow
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to close (one's eyes); to shut
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to glare at each other; to confront each other
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
belt (worn around the waist); (machine) belt; belt; zone
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
peerless; unique; unparalleled; unchallenged
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
one of these days; someday; one day
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)