to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
reigning; controlling; dictating
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
blunder; slip; error; error
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
time; hour; period; class
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
function; facility; faculty; feature
recollection; reminiscence
separation; farewell; parting
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
harakiri; seppuku; disembowelment
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire