chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
progress; advance; improvement; development
inscription on stone monuments, metal receptacles, etc.; exergue; inscribing
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
heather (plant); heath; heath; heathland
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
how much; how many; to what extent
to come to bloodshed; to see bloodshed
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
recompense; indemnity; atonement
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
flapping of wings; wingbeat; flap; flutter
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!