left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
research; study; investigation
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
strength; power; proficiency; ability
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to be exhausted; to be worn out
really; truly; indeed; good grief
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
power; might; authority; influence
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
accumulation; accumulate; store