foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
administrator; director; commissioner
control; management (e.g. of a business)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
no penalty; no punishment; acquittal; impunity
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
to be widely known; to be famous
the way one works; one's working manner
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
assistance; backing; reinforcements
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
grudge; complaint; reproach
on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
curiosity; inquisitiveness
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
passage; path; route; one's way
transactions; dealings; business
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
northern part; the north (of a region)