to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
older sister; elder sister
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
Borsalino (Italian hat maker)
uncle (older than one's parent)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
interception (email); wiretap; bug
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
the 108 kleshas; the 108 afflictions
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to fight against; to oppose; to face
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
in the same way as; just like
all over the body; from head to foot; all over