stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to take a breath; to take a short rest
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
missing person; wanted person
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
surname; family name; last name
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
that day; the very same day
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
suffix for familiar person
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
third day of the month; three days
to snatch from; to steal from
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
all; entire; whole; altogether
article; news story; report; account
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
newspaper story (article, account)