to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
joint together; opposite; facing
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
chair; stool; post; office; position
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
item; something that one "just has to have"
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
smooth; even; level; flat
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
must not; should not; do not
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to be widely known; to be famous
deed; act; work; performance
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to call out; to ask someone to come
depending on; dependent on
it is I who should say so