to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
degree of attention; profile
to lure someone; to entice someone
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to push aside; to push one's way through
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
war; fighting; fierce competition
to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
wicked heart; evil design
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
head house (family); birthplace; originator
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
extermination; annihilation
money paid to the government
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
account book; register; ledger
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
at a proper time; at a suitable occasion; at the correct moment; when the time is right
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself