to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to lose one's presence of mind; be flummoxed; to get flustered
quiet; still; surreptitious
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
power; might; authority; influence
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
yoke; constraints; oppression
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
same family (race, tribe)
military forces; hosts; troops
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
in the end; on top of that
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry