able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
starting in advance; starting first; going first; starting (in team sports)
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
together with; same; both; all; including ...
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
maintenance; preservation; improvement
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
to speak ill of; to disparage
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
tide; current; tendency; trend
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to face on; to look out on to
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
questions and answers; dialogue
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
both hands; both arms; ten
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
something or other; anything
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...