advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to shake; to sway; to waver
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
battle formation; military formation
right in the center (centre)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
snake; serpent; large snake
underground; subterranean
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
absorption; suction; attraction
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune