to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
to forget to say; to forget to mention
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
automatic; intransitive verb
putting into operation; invocation
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
left side; left-hand side
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
intuition; instinct; hunch
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)