wild (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
just because; even if; even though
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
time-out; timeout; timeout
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
good performance; good work; great success
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
hand; handball (soccer foul)
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
power; might; authority; influence
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
ace (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
will not do; do not; does not
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to be able to manage somehow or another
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink