to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
in one's own way or style
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
changing the world; turning the tide; torpedo modified as a suicide weapon (used in WWII)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
performing arts; acrobatics
body; group; party; company; troupe
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
bargain goods; loss leader; eye-catching goods; featured product
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
decrease; reduction; decline
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise