to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
opinion; point of view; visual point
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
to say; to be called; to do
for some (unspecified) reason
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to examine someone's expression
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
observation; survey; watching
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie