to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
in comparison to; rather than
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
holding a right (e.g. to vote, copyright); eligibility; having clout; having (political) power
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
wild rose; bramble; briar patch; obstacle; source of difficulty
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
dilapidated house; deserted house
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
immediately; right away; on the spot