to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
cue (billiards, pool); cue stick; cue (music, theatre, etc.)
slash character (ASCII 057); slash (fan fiction)
scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
secret technique; secret art
strongest ever; most powerful in history
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)