My words

ambush

待ち伏せ, 待ち伏せする

待ち伏せ

まちぶせ

performing an ambush

清聴

せいちょう

(polite reference to anothers) attention, kind attention, courteous attention

続柄

つづきがら ぞくがら

(family) relationship, connection

余白

よはく

blank space, margin

残存

ざんそん ざんぞん

remaining, survival, residue, residual

打ち破る

うちやぶる

to break, to smash, to defeat, to destroy, to eliminate

痛快

つうかい

intense pleasure, thrilling

日和

ひより

weather, climatic conditions, fine weather, clear day, situation, state of affairs, sea conditions, good day for sailing

絶好

ぜっこう

best, ideal, perfect

山積み

やまづみ

huge mound, heap, pile

食い下がる

くいさがる

to hang on to, to hang from, to cling to, to hound, to doggedly oppose, to tenaciously face (someone), to grab the front of the opponents mawashi, place ones head against their chest, and lower ones hips

執念

しゅうねん

tenacity, implacability

感心

かんしん

admiration, Well done!

弾み

はずみ

bounce, spring, rebound, momentum, impetus, impulse, stimulus, inertia, spur of the moment, impulse

威張り散らす

いばりちらす

to domineer

未だしも

まだしも

rather, better

水源

すいげん

source of river, fountainhead

愚痴

ぐち

idle complaint, grumble, moha (ignorance, folly)

言い出す

いいだす

to start talking, to speak, to tell, to propose, to suggest, to break the ice

余所

よそ

another place, somewhere else, strange parts, outside (ones family or group), those people, unrelated matter

館

かん

house, hall, building

盗み聞き

ぬすみぎき

eavesdropping, tapping

睨む

にらむ

to glare at, to scowl at, to glower at, to stare intensely at, to examine carefully, to estimate, to guess, to suspect, to judge, to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person), to watch, to take account of, to take into consideration

静粛

せいしゅく

silent

行末

ぎょうまつ ゆくすえ

fate, ones future, end of (text) line, line terminator

ブチ切れ

ブチきれ ブチぎれ ぶちきれ ぶちぎれ ブチキレ ブチギレ

livid

十字

じゅうじ

cross, crossed, cruciform

十字範囲

Jūji hani

Cross range

雑魚

ざこ じゃこ ざっこ ざっこう いざこ ざこう

small fish, small fry, person of low social standing