rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
disheveled hair; unravelled hair
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
to be perturbed; to be agitated
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
major earthquake; large earthquake
stone (used for throwing)
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
to look away; to avert one's eyes
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
bravery; courage; heroism
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding