to some extent; to a certain extent
helper; assistant; help; assistance
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
in a day; in a brief space of time
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
another time; some other time
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to arrive home; to return
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
to fall off; to tumble down
etc.; et cetera; and so on
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to live through; to survive
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)