to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
generously; liberally; magnanimously
to brighten; to grow light
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to rank next to; to come after
only recently; just of late
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
visual confirmation; sighting
wicked ones; bad guys; rascals
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
surname; family name; last name
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated