in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
living thing; organism; creature; biology
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
internal organs; intestines; viscera
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
point in common; common feature
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
nature; property; disposition
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
material; substance; matter
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)