look!; there!; here!; that is
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
freshly grated (e.g. daikon)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
intuition; instinct; hunch
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
with a clink; with a soft thud; with a faint snap (e.g. of a book closing); suddenly; all of a sudden
confections; sweets; candy; cake
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
one by one; one after another; successively
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
second; number two; runner-up
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
top part of the head; crown; parietal region
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
the last moment; the very end
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to speak brazenly; to never shut up
sound; sure; safe; steady; firm