to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
cardinal (Catholic Church)
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
principles of a martial art; underlying theory of a martial arts technique
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
moment; brief space of time
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
headquarters; head office; main office
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
violent explosion; bursting