granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
programme; program; plans; arrangements
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
generation; lifetime; age
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
secret; private; surreptitious
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
living thing; living creature; animal; life
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass