entrance; admission; entering
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
step; stride; counter for steps
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
honorific/polite/humble prefix
cool; stylish; awesome; sick; sweet; dope
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)