shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
interference; intervention; meddling
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
correction; rectification; mending; repair
round (table, collar, etc.); round; round; round (of a competition); round (of talks, esp. multilateral trade negotiations)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to repeat; to do over again
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
profiting while others fight; (lit.) fisherman's profit
midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
kabayaki; loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
wyvern (two-legged dragon); wivern
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)