direct unforked road; straight path
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
regret; repentance; remorse
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to manage something successfully; to be successful
uncertainty; indeterminacy; unreliability; unauthenticity
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
inside; interior; inner part
lock; lock (in rugby); lock forward
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up