technique; art; skill; move
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
defense; defence; protection
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to subsist; to keep on living
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to anger; to displease; to offend; to square (one's shoulders); to make stern (e.g. eyes); to raise (one's voice) in anger
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
firm; strong; solid; stable
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like