a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
artery; arterial road; major route
dying; kicking the bucket; being ruined; being finished; ending in failure
very likely; very probable
laziji; spicy Sichuan chicken dish
to strangle; to constrict
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
unpalatable fish; bad fish; fish even a cat won't eat
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
upper; upward; upper (of a shoe); uppercut; upper (drug); stimulant
ordinary person; unenlightened person
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
bare-handed fighting; fighting with one's bare hands
perfect score; full marks; perfection; grading out of a hundred; grading on a scale of 0 to 100
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); flathead grey mullet; black mullet; redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
omega (last letter of the Greek alphabet); end; conclusion; angular velocity
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path