to give directions; to issue instructions
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
young and sweet; adorable; cute; pitiful; touching; pathetic
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
fat (of meat); fatty meat
to correct oneself; to restate
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
origin; beginning; source; rise
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
to die out; to become extinct
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to ask a question; to ask questions
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
to gain a victory; to win
feeling on the skin; skin sensation
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
strong interaction; strong force
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
motherland; fatherland; native country
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to squash; to crush; to flatten
chief; main; principal; important
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to show up; to appear; to turn up
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to place firmly; to hit very hard
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
to wring the neck; to strangle
nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)