goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to be hot on a person's heels
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
edict; public announcement
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)