progress; advance; improvement; development
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
memory; sense; experience
recommendation; endorsement
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
mental; spiritual; emotional
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
timewise; temporal; chronal
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
indeed; really; truly; very much
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
light; easy; non-serious; minor
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; kiseru; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
to temper thoroughly; to train well
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
first quarter moon; waxing half-moon
last quarter moon; third quarter moon; waning half-moon
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
bravery; courage; heroism
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
crystalline lens (of the eye)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to