equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
broad; vast; boundless; wide
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
road approaching a shrine
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
kitchen; financial situation
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
all kinds of malicious gossip; heaping verbal abuse (on); cursing and swearing (words)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
tinkering; mending pots, pans, kettles; (arch.) man and woman walking together; (arch.) couple walking together
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
pitching ability; counter for pitches
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
south face; south side; the south; ascending the throne; ruling
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
red-lacquered sword sheath
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
sickle and chain (weapon)
the more one looks (at it) the more...