to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
way of speaking; intimation
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
insolent fellow; rude fellow
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
still (continuing); as ever; further
to spit out all around; to vomit all around; to spew out (e.g. dirty language)
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
immediately; right away; on the spot