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
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
ahem; cough-cough; noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
after a long time; for the first time in a while