first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
step; stride; counter for steps
materials; data; document
to refer to; to use as reference
original author (of a work)
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
finishing blow; coup de grâce
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
all right; very well; okay; I got it
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
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 answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away