board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
to exceed (by a lot); to (far) surpass; to end; to cease; to stop
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to cease; to stop; to be over
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
gusher; spout; outpouring; effusion; torrent
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
called; known as; that; to say
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
like this; this sort; this way
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
to gaze out at; to look out over
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender
with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
(sound of) hitting repeatedly; pummelling; clashing; clacking; clicking (e.g. of go stones)
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
sound of a blade (swishing through the air, clashing, etc.)
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile