to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to investigate; to examine
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
younger scholar; future reference
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
magistrate; shogunate administrator
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to be surprised; to be astonished
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
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)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
blow; shock; strike; batting
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off