random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
way; method; means; resource; course
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
factory; plant; mill; workshop
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
how; in what way; how about; questionable
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently