sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
parting; separation; farewell
to be touching; to be moving
staying in the same inn or hotel; rooming together
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
utmost limit; extremity; result
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to go out and away; to leave
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
to make an appeal; to urge
surname; family name; last name
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)