command; lead; generalship; leadership
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
personality; style; appearance
second; number two; runner-up
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
to become better; to improve
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
stomach ache; abdominal pain
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to feel depressed; to be down
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
preliminary step; first step
to jump upon (a moving object)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
(someone else's) child; child; kid
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to harm; to cause harm to
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
self-deprecating; self-mocking
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
free time; time at leisure
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
founder; progenitor; emperor