difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
several weeks; a few weeks
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
secret; private; surreptitious
injured person; wounded person
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
pointing out; identification
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
it's been a long time; long time no see
being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
in terms of; from the point of view of
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to come to realize; to become aware (of)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
violent explosion; bursting
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)