fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
in comparison to; rather than
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to attempt; to test; to try out
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
by means of; due to; because of; according to
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
technique; art; skill; move
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state