pain and itching; mental anguish; unhealthy emotions
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
dropping (something) headfirst down a precipice; downhill rush; plunging down a precipice
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
sweeping sideways; mowing down
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
to collapse into; to flop onto
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to escape from; to get out
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
three kinds; three varieties
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
this and that; one thing or another
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to need; to call for; to require
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy