splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; truck; bogie
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to blow one's top
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
fall; drop; descent; coming down
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
to tingle with excitement; to be full of excitement; to be thrilled
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
how things should be; the way something ought to be; ideal state; ideal form
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
very shy person; bashful person
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss
questioner; interrogator; interpellator
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)