though; notwithstanding; although
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to shake off; to throw off
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
looks; personal appearance; features
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
evening; early night hours
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
virile; tough; masculine; intense
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
head of an organizational section; head of an organisational section
putting out the light; switching off the light
order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
commencing with; including
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
ring; band; ring; circum-
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis