to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
(doing something) in tears
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to step firmly; to harden by treading
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
explosion; rupture; break off
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
light (e.g. colour, color)
dozens; scores of; decades
at first; initially; in the beginning
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
passing through without stopping; passing by
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
directly opposite; right in front
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
standing firm; holding out
to be entwined; to be involved
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
to thrust away; to send flying
acceleration; speeding up