crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to lose sight of; to miss
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
progress; advance; improvement; development
degeneration; retrogression
environment; circumstance
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
listening device; bug; wiretap
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
second month of the lunar calendar
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to be dispersed; to get separated
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to carry around; to carry on one's person
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)