hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
preparation; provision; guarding
battlefield; battleground
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
marriage proposal; courtship
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
father and mother; parents
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
winged spindle-tree (Euonymus alatus); burning bush; winged euonymus