any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to find out; to discover; to detect
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to be born; to come into the world
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)