ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
difficult problem or question
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
but; however; provided that
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
offering a prize; prize competition; prize; reward
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
one person; another name; nickname; alias
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
hostile party; enemy side
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to bind; to fasten; to tie up
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
surname; family name; last name
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
shell (e.g. electron shell)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end