skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
exorcism rite; purification
revengeful ghost; apparition
official business; public business
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
shyness; bashfulness; shame
critical (condition); serious
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
complication; confusion; disorder
Japan's best; number one in Japan
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
no sleep or rest; working day and night
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
on the sea; surface of the sea
Seto Oohashi; Great Seto Bridge
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
land route; overland route; by land; overland
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail