operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
arranging; ordering; sequence (e.g. DNA sequence); arrangement; array
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
pendant (jewelry); pendant (light)
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
(another's) daughter; young lady
suffix for familiar person
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
moving; touching; stirring
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
they; those guys; those fellows
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality