at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
powerful medicine; strong poison
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
flour; meal; powder; dust
vitality; (one's) life force
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to be free; to be available
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to begin; to set about; to start
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
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
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to make an appeal; to urge
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
society; the world; the times
death from prostration; death from emaciation