area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
reaching; attaining; arrival
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
flag (esp. originally a flagpole-topping streamer made of feathers)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
even though; despite; notwithstanding
one (thing); one piece; one item
fortress; stronghold; citadel
this (very thing); this precisely
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to blaze; to burn brightly
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
ash; embers; complete destruction
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
style of tie-dyeing used during the Nara era
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice