nature; property; disposition
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
rare; uncommon; not often seen
to be conspicuous; to stand out
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
guess; speculation; supposition
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
such; like that; that sort of; very
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
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)
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
trivial; not amounting to much
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
comparatively; quite; rather
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
that's the way it is; such is life
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; bumpiness
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)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)