to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
commandant; commanding officer; general
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
magic; sorcery; incantation
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
servant; manservant; menial
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
going to hell; falling into hell
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
counter for wheels and flowers