to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
(not) in the least; (not) at all
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
(arch.) carpenter's square; perpendicularity; straightness; model; standard
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
Emperor Richuu; Richuu Tenno
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
the sky; the universe; taixu (the great vacuity, in Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die; (arch.) to go bad
bipartite; in two parts; double
old tree of historical interest; excellent wood; precious woods; choice wood
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
metre; rhythm; musical temperament
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
sensitivity; susceptibility
change; transformation; inversion
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to use as an example; to take as an illustration; to draw a parallel
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear