important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
breathing techniques; breath control
special; particular; peculiar; unique
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
turnout (of people); start (e.g. race, campaign, term of office); constant forward movement; initial charge
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
un-; non-; negative prefix
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
murder; homicide; manslaughter
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
older sister; elder sister
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
name; given name; first name
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to thrust before; to thrust at
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention