important; momentous; essential; principal; major
please; somehow or other; one way or another
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
(right at the) side; just beside
various kinds of small trees; assorted trees
shielding; sheltering; screening; shading; masking
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
trough; gutter; water pipe; coulisse (of a sword blade)
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
to let slip; to slide; to glide
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
beyond that point; after that
directly; in person; firsthand
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
block (of wood); chip; splinter
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
sword; blade; single stroke
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
mouth with a protruding lower lip and jaw; socket; receiving window; slot
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
(giving) instruction; initiation
opposite side; opposition
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to burrow through; to dig through
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to cleave; to saw through; to hack apart
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)