manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
overlapping; piling; stacking
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to pitch forward; to fall forward
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to think too much; to be over-concerned
(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
fresh wound; fresh bruise
someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
simply; merely; only; solely
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
back off!; leave me alone!
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
loser; defeated person; the defeated