to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
light (e.g. colour, color)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
report; notification; registration
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation