bowing twice; worshipping again; Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
guiding principle; single-minded policy; one's sole talent; single spear
advance; moving forward; progress
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
ring; band; ring; circum-
hard fighting; close contest
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
three sides; small offering stand
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
to sting (i.e. bee, wasp, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
equilibrium; good balance; poise
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
defense; defence; protecting; preventing