to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
river surface; surface of a river
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
literally; to the letter; literal
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
hit (of a bullet, shell, etc.); impact
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
vertical and horizontal; warp and weft (weaving); warp and woof
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
to rally; to make a comeback
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
to prostrate oneself before
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
loins; hips; pelvic region; waist
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem