regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
indirect kiss (e.g. drinking from a cup someone has just used)
to be silent; to say nothing
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
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)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
pushing sumo; classic way of wrestling without using the belt
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
settlement; solution; resolution
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down