to continue; to keep up; to keep on
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
this world; this life; world of the living
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
honorific/polite/humble prefix
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
last moves (in go, shogi, or chess); endgame; gathering; collecting; coming together
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as