confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
above-mentioned; given above; previously shown
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
the same; the said; likewise
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
being upright and cleanhanded
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
impulsive and straightforward; guileless
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
arena (e.g. international arena)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
dying in miserable circumstances
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such