seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
outside of one's area of expertise
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
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 hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to continue to increase; to continue to mount