dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
to stare back at; to look back at
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
stale; hackneyed; cliched
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to manage something successfully; to be successful
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)