to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
beginning; outset; first; onset
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to read (a text) from start to finish; to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
occasional; infrequent; rare
short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
use; utilization; utilisation; application
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
10^44; hundred tredecillion
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of