effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
offense and defense; offence and defence
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
if so; in that case; in that situation
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
curious; strange; unusual
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
one more time; once more; once again
as if nothing had happened
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)