chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
the edge at the very tip of a sword
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
moment by moment; hour by hour
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
tornado; hurricane; typhoon
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
something handed down (usu. an order)
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to be blown in (e.g. rain); to sweep in
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
pounding down earth around the roots of a tree; adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
prohibition; ban; embargo
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
follower; attendant; valet; servant
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound