doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
beyond this point; from now on; after this
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
minimum; at the very least
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
front; frontage; facade; main
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
visual confirmation; sighting
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for