to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
kind; sort; species; species
classification; categorization; sorting
technique; art; skill; move
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
not yet known; unknown; strange
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul