clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
starting point; starting line
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
hand used like a sword in striking
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
to close down a business; to shut a business
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
suspension (in a vehicle); suspension (mixture)
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
seeing the light; being awakened to the truth; having the scales fall from one's eyes
tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
rationalization; justification
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
meat dish; meat-based cuisine
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
eating like a dog; eating greedily with one's head down; sloppy eating; (arch.) dogfighting
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
formula; equation; method of calculation; calculus
drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
thunderous roar; roaring sound