firearms; missile; projectile weapon
snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism
high; noble; refined; advanced
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
dogcatcher; person who used to catch dogs and execute them for rabies prevention
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation
poster; notice; harifuda (type of playing cards numbered 1-6; used for playing tehonbiki)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
to fly apart; to tower over; to be out of the ordinary
nirvana; death of the Buddha
dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)
each house; every house; many houses
river; stream; River; the ... river
high and low (social standing)
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction
dusky; somber light of a gathering dusk
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
sound of living, moving water
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
and; thereupon; because of that
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
paintings and calligraphic works