sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to be silent; to say nothing
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
called; known as; that; to say
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to kill; to beat to death
experiment; experimentation
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop