to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
yellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
gathering clouds; group of clouds
gathering clouds; group of clouds
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
famous sword; excellent sword
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
various countries; various regions; various provinces
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)