to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
wet nurse; nursing mother
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
to take back; to recapture
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
a little bit; a little while
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryō system)
Huang Di (The Yellow Emperor; legendary emperor of China)
Son of God; child of an emperor
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
emperor (of Japan); mikado
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
Konjin; God of (unlucky) directions
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
concentration; density; cardinality
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
rising; ascending; climbing
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
mobilization; mobilisation
nothing but; none other than
mineral vein; underground water channel
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
with these words; while saying
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)