beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
caller; visitor; company; guest
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
practice; practising; experience
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
scoundrel; rascal; villain
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
form of a retreating person's body
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to keep away; to keep at a distance
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
blind man; masseur (usu. blind)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
ferry landing; point of departure or arrival for ferries
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction