exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
fighting game (usu. one-on-one)
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
(not) in any way; in no way; at all
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
finger flick to the forehead
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
in person; personally; directly
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
official announcement; proclamation
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
hawks; hardline faction; hardliner
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
yakyūken; strip version of rock, paper, scissors (similar to strip poker)
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders