promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
to become vulgar; to coarsen
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
passenger; rider; good rider
centre line; center line; central line
(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might