cutting (apart); splitting; cleaving
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
how much; how many; to what extent
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
intuition; instinct; hunch
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to erase all trace of something
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
immediately; right away; on the spot
to fire into; to shoot into
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
operation; functioning; running
taking up; winding; rolled paper
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
lower region; lower part; region below
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
innumerable; countless; numberless
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me