lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
leaving everything up to someone else
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
high and low; rise and fall
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
sharp turn; tight turn; steep turn
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
combination; union; binding; bond
opposite side; opposition
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
rosary; string of prayer beads
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
four characters; four letters
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
moving about; stirring about
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
unanticipated; unexpected