book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
bravery; courage; heroism
practice; practising; experience
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
god of death; death deity; Death
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
spring water; clear (pure) water
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
family; relatives; dependents; household
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
full moon; 15th day of the lunar month