to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to squash; to crush; to flatten
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
consists of; comprises; is made up of
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
very likely; very probable
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
monolith; large slab of rock
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation