difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
ready with a rifle leveled
to escape from; to get out
both hands; both arms; ten
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
one vehicle; one ryō (an old coin)
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
military affairs; military service
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
if you think about it; come to think of it
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size