whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to jar; to creak; to grate
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to pluck; to pick; to tear
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to have (something) innate; to be born with
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
to temper thoroughly; to train well
polish; improvement; burnishing
classical form of martial art
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces