to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
(barbed) wire entanglements
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
means; way; method; measure
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
priority; order of precedence
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to half-rise to one's feet
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
(theatrical) fighting scene
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)