to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
person holding a dan rank; black belt (martial arts); dan player (go, shogi)
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
apparatus gymnastics; artistic gymnastics
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
(gymnastics) uneven parallel bars
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to frolic about; to mess around
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
several times (as large, over)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange