to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to become decrepit and ugly with age
arriving first; first to arrive; moving first
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
carrying (an infant, etc.) horizontally in one's arms; cradling; holding under one's arm
to choose (and take); to select; to pick (out)
Vela (constellation); the Sails
(doing something) in tears
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
to put one's heart and soul into something
shades of night; night scene
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat
using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period); simple paper mask
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one