play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to open (one's eyes) wide
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
legendary beast; magical beast
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
body; physique; build; stature
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
backstep (dancing, sports); set-back (motorcycle) footrests
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
wind-scattered dust; windblown sand; worldly affairs; cares of life