reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
don't worry about it; forget about it
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to jar; to creak; to grate
good; goodness; right; virtue
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
matter of time; question of time
indoor drying; hanging clothes to dry indoors
belly-to-back suplex (pro wrestling move)
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)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
continuation; succession; series
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
pro wrestling; professional wrestling
greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
leaving everything up to someone else
to be able to manage somehow or another
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using