practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
hooting; jeering; heckling
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to (a place); until (a time)
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to move forward; to move on
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
favourable wind; favorable wind
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
looking good; standing out (in a particular context or setting); appealing (esp. on social media); photogenic; attractive
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
as is habit; the way life normally is
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
as one had hoped; as one wishes
boiled and half-dried bonito
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven