companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
pride; boast; credit (to)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
very young; little; childish; immature
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
workshop; studio; atelier
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
... years old; age (of) ...
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
daily necessities; everyday item
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
clothes; clothing; garments
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly