to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
Western clothing; Western binding
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
four corners; crossroads; intersecting street; street corner
to push away; to push aside; to shove
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
taking appropriate action; tact
not necessarily so; is not always true
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to strike out; to start swimming
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
to pass (of time); to elapse
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
facing south; southern exposure
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
portion of wall between two pillars; surface of a wall
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky