mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
threat; intimidation; menace
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
moving about; stirring about
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.)
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to capture; to seize; to plunder
pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple; (anatomical) joint
to badger; to pester; to beg
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
hokora; small wayside shrine
to be sooty; to be stained
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
steep mountain; craggy mountain
three; three years of age
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry