sukashibori; fretwork; openwork
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
flying column; detached force
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
based on; built on; made from
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
oxidized silver; oxidised silver; something restrained but impressive (e.g. performance); something quiet but superb; something masterfully controlled
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
this (very thing); this precisely
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
to maintain; to continue to have
three persons; three parties
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock; sacrifice stones; sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.); stones used in a foundation; riprap
to follow advice; to act upon advice
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope