to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to subsist; to keep on living
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
memory; sense; experience
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
journey; route of a journey
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
welcome!; nice to see you!
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
question; inquiry; enquiry
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
immigration check; immigration inspection
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)