training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
spine; vertebral column; spinal column; vertebra
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
grudge; complaint; reproach
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to watch steadily; to stare
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
heedless of danger; braving dangers
like that; that way; thus
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
crushing evil; destroying heresy
mystical power inherent in words; spirit of language
to be injured; to sustain a wound
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
trend; tendency; momentum
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
word; (arch.) waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)
to have one's hair stand on end
particularly; only; in the case of
long (time that has passed); old (story)
warrior; soldier; samurai; government official serving the imperial court during the Nara period
(arch.) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
disorder; disturbance; unrest
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
long ago; a long time ago; already
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
fat; tallow; lard; grease