ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
to jar; to creak; to grate
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
rising; ascending; climbing
eruption; volcanic eruption
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
until now; so far; up to the present
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
looking or acting as if one owned the place
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to add (to); to add on; to append
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
conflict; fighting each other
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)