transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
powerful person; influential person
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
military forces; hosts; troops
to need; to call for; to require
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
being dotted with; being scattered
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
by myself; in person; by oneself
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
that; the matter in question
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)