to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
contract; compact; agreement
the relation of master to servant; homage; master-slave relationship
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
unregistered; non-registered
accomplishment; execution
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
completely; entirely; totally
region of the heart; central part; heart (e.g. of a city); center
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to pretend; to act (as if)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
left breast; left side of the chest
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
black cat; Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)