ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
stone (used for throwing)
innumerable; countless; numberless
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
running away; escaping on foot
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
release; emission; ejection
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to have no chance (of succeeding)
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
legendary beast; magical beast
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow