ape mask; ape-like face; ape face
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to spread; to be propagated
100,000; hundred thousand
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
excellent plan; best policy
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to become poor; to be poor
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to sell out; to exhaust one's stock
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
book; volume; this; present; main; head
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
goldthread (Coptis japonica)
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
unexpected meeting; coincidence
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to grow up; to become an adult
troubled times; turbulent times
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed