to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
like a part of the family
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
of course; certainly; naturally
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
breeding; raising; rearing
rope; cord; policeman's rope
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
study; research; investigation
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related