pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
in that way; like that; that way
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
head; lead; vanguard; first
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
vents at the hips of a pair of hakama
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot