number one; first; best; most; game; round
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
(one's) quota; assignment
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
innumerable; countless; numberless
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
threat; intimidation; menace
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to collapse into; to flop onto
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence