(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
castaway story (e.g. Robinson Crusoe); drifter's adventure tale
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
telephone booth; telephone box
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)