confrontation; opposition; antagonism
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
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
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
solely; entirely; only; or
power; might; authority; influence