disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to mow; to reap; to harvest
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
instead; but (on the other hand)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
blunder; slip; error; error
precision; precision ratio; relevance factor; relevance ratio
rising; ascending; climbing