fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to govern; to manage; to subdue
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
to let out a cry; to break forth
nausea; sickness in the stomach
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
special; particular; peculiar; unique
wound suffered in a fight
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
expression; look; countenance; face
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
whichever one chooses; either way
how; in what way; how about; questionable
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
grade; class; degree; magnitude
ability; performance; efficiency
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
high grade; special grade; classy
ten; 10; ten years of age
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment