to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
right under; directly below; right beneath
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
older brother; elder brother
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
leaping over multiple steps in stairs (e.g. when in a hurry)
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
indicates that an action is performed roughly or violently
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
putting into operation; invocation
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
binoculars; field glasses
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck