to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
desperately; for one's dear life
individual; private person; personal; private
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
irrational (line of) argument
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
illegal; illicit; unlawful
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
family; relatives; dependents; household
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
family; members of a family
continuing one's education into university
club activities; extracurricular activities
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect