hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
landing (on the ground); landing place; terminal; (shipping) destination; outcome; final result
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up