to jar; to creak; to grate
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
system; organization; organisation; architecture
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
condyle; (arch.) counter for grains and small spheres
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
classical form of martial art
complicated and mysterious
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do