rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
one's carriage; one's demeanor; agility; body movements
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
roofed mud wall around a villa or temple
samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
family name; lineage; birth; clan
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
match; game; bout; contest
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
at first; initially; in the beginning
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be found; to be discovered
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)