indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
the very best; excellent; superb
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
soldier; combatant; warrior
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
according to plan; as planned; on target
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
on one hand; on the other hand
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure