subordinate work; assistant; servant
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to clatter; to rattle; to turn into a ruckus
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to fall off; to tumble down
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
silence; stillness; quietness
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)