tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to step back; to walk backwards
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
to come into being; to be born
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
to tumble down; to roll down
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
doing as one is told; yes-man
reaction; response; reaction
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
something like ...; something called ...
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to sniff out; to get wind of
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)