direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
yen (currency of Japan); circle
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to need; to demand; to take; to require
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to speak ill of; to disparage
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp
to be ecstatically happy; to be on cloud nine; to be in seventh heaven
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to unfold; to unroll; to open
power; might; authority; influence
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
to take off one's glasses
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
charm; spell; curse; malediction; dharani; mantra
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory