naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
instant; moment; for an instant
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident