payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to pull in (fish); to land
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
nocturnal luminescence; noctilucence
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
dark blue cloth with white splash patterns
young man (between 15 and 25 years old)
great man; hero; master mind
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
big man; large man; tall man; giant
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
night angling; night fishing
to bend; to warp; to curve
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely