honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to be smeared; to be covered
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
one after another; continuously; incessantly; in succession; by turns
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
archery; mapping; map; morphism
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
calm; composed; leisurely
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter