to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
sudden shower; sudden downpour
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to become better; to improve
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
main question; real issue at hand
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
considerably; fairly; quite
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to find out; to discover; to locate
child of mixed parentage; mixed-race child