hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
to triumph; to be elated with success
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to say; to be called; to do
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
charming; fascinating; beautiful; elegant; graceful; sweet
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
underhand grip (e.g. in gymnastics, etc.); cross-handed grip (e.g. in golf, etc.); using one's hands backwards from their conventional positioning; reverse grip (e.g. of a sword); turning the tables (on an opponent); reverse arm-lock (in judo); joint lock
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
support; backing; aid; assistance
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
to pluck; to pick; to tear
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
archery; mapping; map; morphism
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
forum (in an ancient Roman city); form; shape
(Western) archery; Western-style bow