rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
ten; 10; ten years of age
acceleration; speeding up
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
bodily sensation; sense; experience
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
such; like that; that sort of; very
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
continuation; succession; series
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
reality; actuality; hard fact
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to jar; to creak; to grate
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise