(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
chapter title page; divisional title
flour; meal; powder; dust
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
day by day; every day; by the day
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
degree of relative priority
difficult to ...; hard to ...
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency
countermeasure; counter-measure
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off