what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
in comparison to; rather than
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
feeling; sense; impression
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
the positive and the negative
heaven and earth; top and bottom
meaning; significance; sense
all things in nature; the whole creation
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
place; situation; position; location
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
reason; cause; circumstances
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
spirit power; magical power
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants