spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
ancient Japanese martial arts
weekly publication; weekly magazine
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
this week's issue (e.g. magazine)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
being on duty; person on duty
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
digital versatile disc; DVD
very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; (lit.) more important than three meals a day
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
maintenance; preservation; improvement
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
popular song program on radio or television
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
audience; spectator; spectators
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
splashing (water); splashing about; vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); greatly (using or making money)