the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
principal occupation; core business
to launch a surprise attack
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
leader of a delegation (body, party)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
at work; in the midst of work; working
to carry around; to carry on one's person
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to shout (in anger); to yell
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
restoration; repair; mending
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
teacher; instructor; professor
wounded person; injured person
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect