to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
sporty girl; athletic girl
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
time; hour; season; time of the year
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
each encampment; strong (wind); fierce; intermittent
fresh wound; fresh bruise
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to see through; to see the true nature of something
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
training; drill; practice; discipline
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
close-cropped hair; shaven head
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
carving; engraving; sculpture
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
in terms of; from the point of view of
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon