to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
hair; hairline; minor details; comb lines in hair; comb tracks
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
fate; chance; relationship; tie
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
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)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
story; tale; talk; discussion
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
what's the matter?; what's wrong?