artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
long hair (usu. of a man)
single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife)
saber (cavalry sword); sabre
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
leadership; initiative; spearhead
active; dynamic; energetic
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
trouble; bother; annoyance
to check; to stop; to keep back
one's best interests; one's own good
likability; favorability; popularity
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
use of the familiar address "kun"; treating someone with familiarity
stirring; rousing oneself
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
biological younger brother
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
exaltation; emotional uplift
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
judgment; judgement; discernment
notice; notification; report; notification (on a smartphone, PC, etc.)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)