to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
no, not like that (but like this)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
second day of the month; two days
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
storehouse; warehouse; godown
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
to entrust; to leave to a person
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to encamp; to take up positions
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency