reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
a few years ago; some years back
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
discipline; punishment; reprimand
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
foundation stone; cornerstone
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
head of family; head house; sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator
retention; maintenance; preservation
(arch.) short roughly woven fence; divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.
(present) head of a family
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
drunkenness; intoxication
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
of course; certainly; naturally
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition