binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
convenient; handy; useful
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
ability; performance; efficiency
estimate (of costs); budget
application; request; petition
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
one (thing); one piece; one item
with little space remaining; being almost full
the place for; the time for; the level of
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close; deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
at once; immediately; right now
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
floating and sinking; rise and fall; ebb and flow; ups and downs
literally; to the letter; literal
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
moment by moment; hour by hour