amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
solitude; loneliness; isolation
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
never mind!; don't worry about it
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town