personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to fall off; to tumble down
imposing stance; daunting pose
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
while; during; performed in this condition
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to be reflected in a mirror
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
reflection in a mirror; reflected image; inverse (of a point); mirror image
to throw at; to turn; to raise
particularly; only; in the case of
to shake one's head (in denial)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to bend (with great force); to twist; to wrench; to distort (the truth)
day by day; every day; by the day
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
inspection; examination; survey
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
favorite; favourite; habitually used
surveillance camera; security camera
way of talking; speaking style
sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)
suspicious character (person, figure)