ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to bring back; to restore
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
blood vessel; blood relationship
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
many people; a large number of people
be (that) as it may; having said that
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
no way to do; nothing can be done
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
lightly; easily; carelessly
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
passenger; rider; good rider
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
revolution; gyration; whirling; rotation
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
three sides; small offering stand
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence