to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud
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
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to knock down; to utterly defeat
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
question; inquiry; enquiry
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
Apollo (Greek and Roman god)
positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
to ask; to enquire; to query
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled