to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
single word; a few words; brief comment
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to do someone in; to bump someone off
everywhere; all over; throughout
in the mountains; among the mountains
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider); tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)
situated deep in the mountains
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown