technique; art; skill; move
to hide; to keep to oneself
prohibition; ban; embargo
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
founder; originator; pioneer
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
assistance; backing; reinforcements
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
emotional strength; force of will
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
around the world; throughout the world
even if; even though; however; no matter how
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
in proportion to; just as much as
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
an issue being settled; a case being closed
(another's) daughter; young lady
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
moment; brief space of time
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter