food;  provisions;  nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.);  sustenance (e.g. of one's life);  source of encouragement
 the front (of a battlefield);  forefront
 to spout out;  to spurt out;  to sprout;  to bud;  to burst into laughter;  to blow (smoke, etc.)
 the scruff or nape of the neck
 to drag along;  to pull;  to force someone along;  to prolong;  to drag out;  to influence strongly
 soggy;  soaked;  crushed (out of shape);  crumpled;  messy;  untidy
 particular;  hard to please;  fussy
 Buddhist priest;  bonze;  close-cropped hair;  crew cut;  boy;  sonny
 (as for (that)) thing;  (given (that)) thing;  matter;  (it is a ...) thing;  matter;  fact
 to release;  to let go;  to free;  to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
 promise;  agreement;  convention;  rule;  destiny;  fate
 to step on;  to tread on;  to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil);  to stand on;  to experience;  to undergo;  to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
 tingling;  stinging;  pungently
 to have a cramp;  to twitch;  to stiffen (of a face, expression);  to freeze;  to shrink (of skin, due to a scar);  to tauten
 to refuse;  to reject;  to decline;  to prevent (from doing);  to deny (e.g. access);  to block
 revolution;  rotation;  turning;  turning (an aircraft or ship)
 whistle (sound made with the lips)
 to place on (something);  to give (someone) a ride;  to give a lift;  to load (luggage);  to carry;  to send out (on the airwaves, etc.);  to deceive
 without;  but if;  otherwise;  or else
 matter of time;  question of time
 victory;  triumph;  conquest;  success;  win
 Japanese league;  ri;  neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes);  unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
 gō;  traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres;  gō;  traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square;  one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain;  conjunction;  sum
 loved one;  lover;  sweetheart
 destruction;  disruption;  (application) crash
 to advance;  to go forward;  to precede;  to go ahead (of);  to make progress;  to improve;  to deepen
 after a while;  a little while later;  shortly afterward
 to strain one's eyes;  to look closely;  to stare at
 to follow;  to pursue;  to die right after a loved one;  to kill oneself after the death of a loved one;  to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
 courtyard;  quadrangle;  middle court
 degree;  amount;  grade;  standard;  of the order of (following a number);  about
 to set foot into;  to enter;  to step inside;  to cross the threshold
 schoolyard;  playground;  school grounds;  campus
 to regain one's footing;  to get back on one's feet;  to recover;  (of the market) to improve
 counter for small animals;  counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.)  counter for horses;  roll of cloth
 coincident with;  while;  simultaneously
 to bite at;  to snap at;  to jump at (e.g. an offer);  to snap at;  to hold on to;  to cling to
 unable to move;  dead in the water;  completely helpless
 to erase;  to drown out (e.g. a voice);  to make disappear
 somersault;  looping-the-loop