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, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); 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; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
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; impulse
reaching; attaining; arrival
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
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; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
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 firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
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
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
a few seconds; several seconds
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); extraction (of compressed data)
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; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable