under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
convenient; handy; useful
paste; glue; clothing starch
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
at the last moment; this late in the game
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
joke; playfulness; kidding around
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to correct oneself; to restate
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
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
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense