direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to go out and away; to leave
down to earth; reasonable
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
telephone booth; telephone box
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
tide; current; tendency; trend
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
be (that) as it may; having said that
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis
in the morning; during the morning
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
morning; forenoon; just before noon
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both