amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
rope; cord; policeman's rope
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
long arrow; person who can fire a long arrow
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
otherwise; or else; if not
both; many; various; together