helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
injured person; wounded person; casualty
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
proposal; offer; request; application
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
table of contents; contents
Nansou Satomi Hakkenden (Eight Dog Chronicles, novel 1842)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
colorless and transparent
good or bad; right or wrong; for better or for worse; rightly or wrongly
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
active; positive; progressive
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to enumerate; to count up
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful