half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
light reduction; dimming of a light; extinction
garden lantern; hanging lantern
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
fast typing; fast beating; fast drumming
night attack; nocturnal assault
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
brush; clash; encounter; skirmish
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to make merry; to be festive
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
rear guard; reserve troops
prudence; discretion; thought; consideration
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
one's person; around one's person
encouragement; backing; reinforcements
to do; to perform; to carry out; (arch.) to serve; (arch.) to wait upon; (arch.) to attend
to strike each other; to come to blows; to fight; to say (useless things, facetious remarks, etc.) to each other
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
physical strength; muscular strength
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially