to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper
brief review; brief comment
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to remove the scum (from a broth or liquid); to skim (a liquid)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
internal organs; intestines; viscera
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
condition of fire; heat level; fire strength
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
less than ...; smaller ...
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
some people; a few people; several people
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)