maintenance; preservation; improvement
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
considerably; fairly; quite
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)