good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
contrary to one's expectations
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
walking heavily; lumbering
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to discuss; to talk together
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
short pause; short interval
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
on the occasion of; at the time of
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
reduction by half; halving