tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
terrified; horrified; panicked
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
talking in whispers; confidential words
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
(humble) man; coarse man; rustic
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa
kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical
Koshi (former province located in present-day Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama and Niigata prefectures; later split into Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo)
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
on the way back; returning
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
survey; exploration; field investigation
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
first base; first baseman; one fort
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up