sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape; fresh sashimi
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
deciding match; play-off; runoff
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
overall victory; championship
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
student in a lower grade; underclassman
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
bento; Japanese box lunch
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)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone