skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
(walking) stick; cane; wand
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
alone; unaided; away from home
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
usage; way to use; utilization
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
directions; instructions; orders; command
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to replace; to move; to change the position of
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
observation; survey; watching
to remember; to keep in mind
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
detour; circumvention; turning movement
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman