he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win; (lit.) losing is winning
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
official name; formal name
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
eruption; volcanic eruption
flaring up; bursting into flames
last night; yesterday evening
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
third day of the month; three days
difficult problem; challenge
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
trauma (usu. psychological)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
offender; criminal; culprit
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
bargain; find; unbelievable good luck; unexpected good fortune
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
site; point on a map; spot
serious; severe; grave; acute
very; much; greatly; a lot of
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)