what's what; heads or tails
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to understand; to make out
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
adhesive tape; sticky tape
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
restoration; repair; mending
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
attacker (esp. in volleyball)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on