life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
have to do; must; should; ought to
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
letting (someone) die without helping
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
one end; an end; part; fragment
top (of a flight of stairs); end (of a moving walkway); exit door (e.g. of a bus); steps down (from a bus, etc.)
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
big snake; (large) serpent
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
but; however; even though; even if
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
one edge; one end; one side
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly
storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
slow; gradual; steady; calm; composed; relaxed
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
how long; how far; how much
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
failure; mistake; blunder
place; position; location; position; standing; status