efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
provisional; temporary; tentative
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly