ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
high-explosive projectile
violent explosion; bursting
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to fly around; to scatter
real bullet; live ammunition; live round; money (for bribery); cash
dust; mine dust; mineral dust; airborne particles; fine powder; particulate matter
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
covered with; stained; smeared
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
spoiling (e.g. a plot); revealing (e.g. a trick); giving it away
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
top part of the head; crown; parietal region
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
office hours; business hours; working hours
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction