to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
front shrine; hall of worship
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
(ornamental) tip of a scabbard; bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever
unique; peculiar; singular
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
practice; practising; training; study
one-year-old; one year old
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme