cowardly; timid; easily frightened
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
living thing; living creature; animal; life
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
left-hand corner; lower left
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
by myself; in person; by oneself
head; lead; vanguard; first
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
battle formation; military formation
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
fundoshi; loincloth; traditional Japanese men's undergarment made from a length of cotton
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
deep inside; innermost place
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams