to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
(overnight) stay; lodging; inn; hotel; night duty; anchorage
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
big leakage; uncontained leak
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
thought; consideration; thinking
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
permission; approval; authorization; license
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
human relations; personal relationships
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
feedback (on a product, person's performance, etc.); feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
front; frontage; facade; main
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons