insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
as if nothing had happened
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
reaching; attaining; arrival
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
internal organs; viscera; intestines
radius (bone of the forearm)
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
at a loss for words; stumped for words
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
all you have to do is; just; that's all
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
limiter (electronics); (speed) limiter
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
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to