one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
book; volume; this; present; main; head
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
legendary beast; magical beast
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
behind; in the rear; in back
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
body; physique; build; stature
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
chimera (mythological); chimaera
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
wind-scattered dust; windblown sand; worldly affairs; cares of life
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept