with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
secret technique; secret art
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
in that way; like that; that way
to be sooty; to be stained
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
on bad terms; at loggerheads
tens of thousands of years
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on