tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
one's way back; one's way home
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
meeting; greeting; welcome
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
chief; main; principal; important
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
whoops; oops; gulp; ulp; ugh; yuck
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
overlapping; piling; stacking
living room (Western style); sitting room
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
central part; heart (of a city)
to tower over the surroundings
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
meeting place; assembly hall
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover