or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
than; from; out of; except; but; more
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
in comparison to; rather than
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct