call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
flash (of light); glint; schiller
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
hair (on the head); tresses; locks
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to collapse into; to flop onto
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
gossip; corner of the mouth
to knock down; to knock out
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
duty; obligation; responsibility
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to knock down; to utterly defeat
weight; heavyweight boxer
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?