to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
war; battle; match; game; competition
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
but; however; provided that
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
ammunition depot; ammunition dump; powder magazine
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
penalty; sentence; punishment
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
magic sword; cursed sword
to breathe out; to exhale
settlement; solution; resolution
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
continuation; succession; series
bizarre murder; grotesque murder
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web