direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
totally willing; fully motivated
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
in this way; thus; such; uh...
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to become better; to improve
consequence; outcome; result; blame
look!; there!; here!; that is
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
second (unit of time); arc second
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current