blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to face; to go towards; to head towards
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in this way; thus; such; uh...
zest for living; energy to live
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
the way back; the way home; return trip
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
practical theory or principle
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
tangible and intangible; material and spiritual
together with; same; both; all; including ...
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
un-; non-; negative prefix
remaining; left-over; excess
(giving) instruction; initiation
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
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)
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)