sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
distress; wretched condition
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to have a talk; to tell a story
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
bento; Japanese box lunch
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
practising martial arts; training in martial arts
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
considerably; greatly; a lot
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally