pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
partly open; in half bloom
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
major cleanup; spring cleaning
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
of no interest; not interested
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
jaws of death; dangerous place; (lit.) tiger's den
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
irrational (line of) argument
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga