proficiency; mastery; competence; becoming proficient (in)
training; drill; practice; discipline
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
how; in what way; how about
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
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
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
intake; hairstyle where the front hair forms an M-shape
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
because of; owing to; due to
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam