advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
succession; continuation; series; sequence
three; three years of age
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to tumble down; to roll down
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
wild beast; wild animal; brute
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to unfold; to unroll; to open