layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
large number (of); many; majority
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
armed forces; battle troops
ordinary citizen; the general public
fishing industry; fishery
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
even if; even though; however; no matter how
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to cut one's way through the waves
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
memory; sense; experience
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to be opposite; to face each other
otherwise; or else; if not
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
personal combat; one-to-one fight
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
limp; imbalance; unfavorable progress; unfavourable progress
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of