process; course; mechanism
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
until now; so far; up to the present
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
cooperation; collaboration
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
almost; roughly; approximately
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
in the meanwhile; during the time
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
left side; left-hand side
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon