story; tale; talk; discussion
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to push through (an idea)
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
how many years; how long; what year
strong-willed; strong of heart
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
acquaintance; appreciative friend
to be profoundly compatible; to be inseparable; to be so close as to reveal to each other the bottom of one's heart
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
predicting and striking just before one's opponent makes a move (kendo)
bamboo dealer; person selling bamboo or articles made of bamboo; house made of bamboo
main door at the front of a house; front shutters
wood (for building); lumber; timber
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
cat-and-mouse (race); lead changing hands many times
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
slimy; slippery; (arch.) (moving) slowly