there being no use in arguing (about it)
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
tension; tensile strength
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
specialization; specialisation
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
goodness; excellence; virtue
neat and clean; tidy; trim
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
wickedness; evil; wicked person
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
broken; intermittent; disconnected
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold