sturdy spirit; bold; daring; brave; valiant; undaunted
acting ability; talent as a performer
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
last ray of hope; only hope
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
rather; sooner; preferably
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
two times; twice; two degrees
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)