new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
that is to say; so that means
head; brains; intellect; understanding
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
in history; ever; historical
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
time; season; period; phase; stage
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
to begin shooting; to shoot out
split; division; break up
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
one-by-one; separately; in detail
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to surge; to well up; to gush out
bright red; crimson lotus flower
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time