stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
battlefield; battleground
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
it's been a long time; long time no see
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
still; even now; to this day
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to harm; to cause harm to
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of