attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
threat; intimidation; menace
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
but; however; provided that
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to surround; to crowd around
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
to be surprised; to be astonished
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
urban areas; the streets; town; city
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
technique; art; skill; move
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to step forward; to volunteer