(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
intention; idea; inclination; wish
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
profitable plan; good plan
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
to increase; to add to; to augment
one breath; chug!; drink!
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
hokora; small wayside shrine
those (near the second person)
worry; mental agony; heartache
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
audience (with a person of high standing)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved; to become a monk
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
water wheel; water turbine; hydraulic turbine; (arch.) violent wielding of weapons
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there