to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
general; popular; common; typical
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
in this way; thus; such; uh...
don't you think?; indicates question
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to go past; to pass; to pass by
already; now; no longer; not any more
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
kitchen; financial situation
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound