personal feelings; self-interest
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
to step forward; to volunteer
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
to palm off; to force a sale
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
both armies; both teams; both sides
utmost limits; extremity; limit
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
grudge; complaint; reproach
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
sense of loss; feeling of loss
musical composition title; song title
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)