to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
two times; twice; two degrees
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
discovery; detection; finding
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
instrumental duet; instrumental duo
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
how many people; a number of people
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation