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!