(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
appeal; entreaty; request
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
to torment; to harass; to tease
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to brandish; to flash; to display
unvoiced consonant (except p) in Japanese
in the end; on top of that
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to be laughed at; to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
children's story; fairy tale
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to continue (going along some trend)
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant