to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
strategist; tactician; schemer
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
quick to seize an opportunity
global maximum; greatest value
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
central black dot on a go board; Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
decapitation; decapitated head
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
memory; sense; experience
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
late at night; at a late hour
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
bump (e.g. on forehead); lump; protuberance; swelling
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
with these words; while saying