response (felt in the hands);  resistance;  reaction;  response;  effect
 to open;  to undo;  to bloom;  to unfold;  to open (for business, e.g. in the morning);  to be wide (gap, etc.);  to widen
 to be (of animate objects);  to exist;  to stay;  to be ...-ing;  to have been ...-ing
 one's own convenience;  one's way;  surroundings;  environment;  convenience;  ease of use;  financial circumstances
 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)
 to come (spatially or temporally);  to approach;  to come back;  to do ... and come back;  to come to be;  to become
 is that so? (generally rhetorical)
 promise;  agreement;  convention;  rule;  destiny;  fate
 day;  days;  sun;  sunshine;  (the) day;  daytime;  date
 was it?;  I think it was ...;  if I've got it right;  (I, we) used to ...;  I remember ...;  it was ...
 living;  lifestyle;  living room
 to wait;  to await;  to look forward to;  to depend on;  to need
 receiving;  reception;  eating;  drinking;  please;  please do for me
 that sort of;  that kind of;  like that;  such;  so
 serious;  earnest;  real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
 for the first time;  only after ... is it ...;  only when ... do you ...;  first time;  (one's) first
 letter (of alphabet);  character;  writing
 complete;  completion;  perfection;  accomplishment
 manuscript;  copy;  draft;  notes;  contribution
 recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador);  calling someone back;  summons (home)
 to be surprised;  to be astonished
 a short while ago;  a moment ago;  just now;  some time ago
 until (a time);  till;  to (a place or person);  as far as;  to (an extent);  up to
 super-;  ultra-;  extremely;  really;  over;  more than
 frantic;  frenetic;  inevitable death;  brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
 ought to have been;  was ... right?;  to do for (inferiors)
 summons;  summonsing;  citation;  subpoena;  arraigning;  calling
 notebook computer;  laptop
 to examine;  to look up;  to investigate;  to check up;  to sense;  to study
 to erase;  to delete;  to turn off (power);  to switch off;  to extinguish;  to put out
 to descend;  to go down;  to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.);  to pass (of time);  to surrender;  to capitulate;  to be less than
 smallness;  small item;  short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days);  elementary school;  smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name);  inferior;  younger (of two people with the same name)
 material (for a story, article, etc.);  information;  joke;  jest;  proof;  evidence;  (magician's) trick
 for;  for the sake of;  to one's advantage;  because of;  as a result of
 no;  nay;  well;  er;  you're welcome;  not at all
 look!;  look out!;  hey!;  look at me!;  there you are!
 here;  this place;  this point;  here;  these past ... (e.g. three years);  these last ...
 victory or defeat;  match;  contest;  game
 Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
 famous sword;  sword blade by Masamune;  sake;  Japanese rice wine;  brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
 work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.);  opus;  performance;  production
 to see through;  to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.);  to perceive;  to find out;  to detect
 superior;  first-class;  excellent;  (that's) just fine!;  bring it on!