wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
food (on a table) (esp. a small Japanese table); dinner; cover (in a restaurant); cook; chef; person who prepares food
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
remaining; left-over; excess
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to have a rumor circulating
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
just a minute; small quantity
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly