horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
drama; play; powerful drug
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
light; lamp; obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
work; business; company; study
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
gusher; spout; outpouring; effusion; torrent
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
sword; blade; single stroke
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)