embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to be reminded of; to call to mind
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to attack; to assault; to assail
to fix one's eyes on; to stare intently at; to study carefully (with the eyes)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
above-ground floor; ground floor
to shove in; to push in; to force in
common reed (Phragmites australis)
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
long arrow; person who can fire a long arrow
to be surprised; to be astonished
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
Urtica thunbergiana (species of stinging nettle)
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (arch.) going on foot; (arch.) walking
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
how; in what way; how about
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
had better ...; had better not ...
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of