strength; power; proficiency; ability
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
technique; art; skill; move
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
to feel; to sense; to experience
to be helpful; to be useful
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
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
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
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)
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
consequence; outcome; result; blame