acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
to peel off and fall; to flake away
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
millions; several million; a few million
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to look away; to avert one's eyes
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation