to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
difference in social standing; difference in social position
due form; official; formality
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
after that; afterwards; thereafter
woman entertainer; prostitute
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
curse; spell; malediction
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
time; hour; period; class
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
while; during (the time when)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
invisibly; secretly; privately
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)