gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
absorption; suction; attraction
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
eagle (Accipitridae family)
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
place; position; location; position; standing; status
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
to count on one's fingers
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to burst open; to pop; to split
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
big frame; large figure; huge body
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
to make sense; to be meaningful
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
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
legendary beast; magical beast
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces