bang on the money; spot on; right answer
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to come from; to have roots in
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to be too numerous; to be too much
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to rise; to erect; to get up
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
something; some kind of; for some reason
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
armor and helmet (armour)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; bizarre; strange
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
minimum; at the very least
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure