to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
youthful; young; young-looking
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to place firmly; to hit very hard
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
pan lid; pot lid; kanji "kettle lid" radical (radical 8)
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to dance; to perform dance steps
to watch for an unguarded moment
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
to knock down; to knock off
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)