to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
thick with smoke, moisture or odor; hard to breathe (air)
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
one breath; chug!; drink!
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
way; method; means; resource; course
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
quickly; calmly; intently
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
completely; fully; entirely
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
world; society; people; the public
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
royal castle; imperial castle
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to trample; to crush underfoot
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd