line; queue; procession; matrix
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
unexpected meeting; coincidence
striking with the back of the sword
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to kill by burning to death
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to apologize; to apologise
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
absolutely; positively; decidedly
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition