region; limits; stage; level
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (in Okinawa)
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
(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"
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
chivalrous spirit; heroic defence of the weak; chivalrous man; ruffian who acts under the pretence of chivalry
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
to become vulgar; to coarsen
fat; tallow; lard; grease
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
curse; spell; malediction
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to bury; to embed; to implant