barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
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
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
head; brains; intellect; understanding
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to approach; to draw near
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to be mad about; to be hooked on
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh