combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
high five; high touch (involvement of personal attention and service)
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child; unfilial child
conveying (an intention, meaning, etc.); communicating; (verbal) message; word (from someone); tradition; folklore
word for word; verbatim; literally
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
remains; corpse; (dead) body
one's world within; one's inner world
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
head researcher (at a research institute)
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
hostile relations; hostile relationship
to make merry; to be festive
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop