estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to warp; to become strained; to become distorted; to become crooked
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
what's what; heads or tails
to cleave; to saw through; to hack apart
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
burning-hot tongs; red-hot tongs
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
chin; jaw; gills; branchia