to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
weight; heavyweight boxer
power; might; authority; influence
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
breath; breathing; tone; mood
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
right in the center (centre)
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
beauty of form (oft. used of nature); beauty of a sculpted shape
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
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)
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still