agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
knee dislocation; making somebody's knees bend (by hitting them behind the knees with one's own knees)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
very short and stout; small but quite wide around
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
floodlight; floodlight projector
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to bring back; to restore
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
rather; sooner; preferably
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to slap; to strike; to spank
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)