in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
sword skills; swordsmanship
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to some extent; to a certain extent
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
15th day of the month; 15 days
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
incorrect answer; wrong solution; incorrect interpretation
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
several years; a few years
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to scramble (eggs); to stir; to melt; to liquefy
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
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.)
loading; charging; filling
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
principle; theory; fundamental truth
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)