to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
manners; courtesy; etiquette
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
Aomori (city, prefecture)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
divide into four pieces; one fourth
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
surname; family name; last name
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
wherein; therein; thereinto
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
silence; stillness; quietness
suddenly; all of a sudden