bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
early (days); initial stage; initial
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
weird; disgusting; sickening
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
innumerable; countless; numberless
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
freely; right and left; as one pleases