to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
the scruff or nape of the neck
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
particular; hard to please; fussy
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
tingling; stinging; pungently
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
whistle (sound made with the lips)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
without; but if; otherwise; or else
matter of time; question of time
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
loved one; lover; sweetheart
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear