order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...
ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
reaching; attaining; arrival
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
chin; jaw; gills; branchia
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
to jump from one thing to another
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front