banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to understand (each other); to comprehend
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
interval; step; pitch; key
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
beginning; clue; starting point
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
if it is the case that ...
irregular time; irregular metre
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
moderate; proper; just right