tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
very small; tiny; insignificant
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
sensual love; love affair
deleterious substance; toxic substance
word; term; language; speech
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
practice; practising; training; study
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
swordsmanship; line drawn by the tip of a sword when slashing
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
absorption; suction; attraction
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
to practice magic; to practise magic
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained