to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
convention; tired tradition; old custom
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
perception; sensation; awareness
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
serious; not joking; straight
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)