cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
not yet known; unknown; strange
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts