fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large
under the orders of; by order (command)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
start; beginning; first step; clue
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
transferring (to another ship, etc.)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
leaving a warship; abandoning ship; retirement from a naval post; retirement from captaincy (of a naval ship)
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
as before; as ever; as it was originally
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)