rational; reasonable; logical
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
thought; thinking; contemplation; using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
parking on the streets; on-street parking
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
extermination; annihilation
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
favorite sword; cherished sword
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again