to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
in good health; alive and well; going strong
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
hard struggle; strenuous effort
at once; immediately; right now
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable
to cut; to slit; to slash
pillar of fire; blazing column
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
to be perturbed; to be agitated
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
large utensil stand (tea ceremony)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
right side; style of Japanese court music
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
every day and every night
major earthquake; large earthquake
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters; multi-tenant; community
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following