to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
shoeshine; shoe polishing
now; the present time; just now; another; more
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like