order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
refining; refinement; smelting; training
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
spell; curse; incantation
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
somersault; looping-the-loop
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
in accordance with; according to
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
instability; insecurity; crankiness