apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
suggestion; hint; implication
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
very young; little; childish; immature
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
story; tale; talk; discussion
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
episode; anecdote; vignette
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
training (esp. in-service); induction course
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
singularity; singular point
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
success; achievement; fruition
this is why; this means; it is the case that
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to telephone; to make a phone call
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person