secretary; councillor; councilor
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
great physical power; animal strength
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
negative; negative (e.g. thinking)
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
putting life into; animating; cheering up
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
feng (male Chinese firebird)
black lustre; black luster
arm; skill; efforts; ability