severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
watering hole; watering place
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
sheathing a sword; returning a sword to its scabbard
master; expert; brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.); excellent move
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
state government; state office; provincial government; county government
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
adaptability; capacity to adapt; ability to adjust
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
upon arrival of an item (items); as soon as one arrives
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
offering to a deity or someone's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
hi!; yo!; hey man!; yessir!; understood!
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
running away; escaping on foot
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to hit hard; to strike hard
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
to burst open; to pop; to split
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)