futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
had better ...; had better not ...
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
time; hour; period; class
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
technique; art; skill; move
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
match; game; bout; contest
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased