expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
while fumbling one's words; with a stutter
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver-colored paper
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
beforehand; in advance; previously
storehouse; warehouse; godown
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
young (usu. of a woman); blooming; in the prime of youth; with a charm appropriate to one's age
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
facing south; southern exposure
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
every person; each one; everybody
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging