to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
technique; art; skill; move
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
adds force or indicates command
in person; personally; (do) oneself
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
house mouse (Mus musculus)
tobacco container (esp. a tobacco pouch)
netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
offering of mochi rice cakes; mochi rice cakes used as offering
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)
opening a meeting; first meeting
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild