brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
draw (in competition); tie game
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
flaring up; bursting into flames
stubborn person; obstinate person; stubbornness; obstinacy
chink in the armor (armour)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
point card; loyalty card; reward card
to be saved up (of money)
developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
to some extent; to a certain extent