(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to break a bone
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to be conspicuous; to stand out
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
silk damask; satin damask
to be smeared; to be covered
to have authority (over); to have great influence (over)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
one day; (on) a certain day
to become damaged; to break; to worsen; to spoil (one's mood); to decrease; to diminish (profits, gains)
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
hairy; thickly haired; shaggy
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
remote past; far ago; time immemorial