ancient times; distant past; antiquity
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
vale tudo (Brazilian combat sport)
sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
make good use of; make the most of
outbreak of war; starting a war
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
man who indulges women; gentleman; feminist
gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes
insubordination; disobedience
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
kind-hearted; compassionate; charitable
high; noble; refined; advanced
(the principle of) nonresistance
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to be a matter of life or death
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience