(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
to become desperate; to give in to despair
news; word; tidings; omen
office system where employees are free to change desk
fingering (of a musical instrument)
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
patient's condition; pathology
in proportion to; just as much as
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
deadly serious; deadly earnest
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
soy; soybean; soya bean; soy sauce
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
under development; in progress
military personnel; soldier
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
king; monarch; ruler; champion
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing