house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
leopard (Panthera pardus)
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to approach; to draw near
one by one; one after another; successively
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
varistor; barista; barrister; ballista
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
older brother; elder brother
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
trembling with excitement
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)