to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
war; battle; match; game; competition
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
scoundrel; rascal; villain
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
links; chain; shackle; linking
counter for chairs or seats
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
big man; large man; tall man; giant
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
moron; idiot; stupid person
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to cut corners; to be shoddy
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction