to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
the place for; the time for; the level of
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
duty; function; office; mission; task
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
broken; intermittent; disconnected
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted