tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
head; lead; vanguard; first
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
opposite side; opposition
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
being filled with; being full of; permeation
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
protective coloration; protective colouration; camouflage
scenery; scene; landscape
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
practicality; utility; usefulness
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to try all possible means
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation