promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
way; method; means; resource; course
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
trouble; bother; annoyance
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to increase; to add to; to augment
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)