faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
scene; spectacle; sight; view
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
chief; main; principal; important
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
desperately; for one's dear life
critical moment; do-or-die situation
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to step forward; to volunteer
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to be softened; to calm down
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
thereupon; shortly thereafter
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done