remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
professional killer; hit man
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
the place for; the time for; the level of
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
that is to say; so that means
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to approach; to draw near
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
incident; affair; happening; event
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
timewise; temporal; chronal
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building