to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to rock; to shake; to swing
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
un-; non-; negative prefix
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to speak; to hear a voice
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
clergyman; churchman; clergy
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
aging; ageing; adding to one's years
weakening; emaciation; decline
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
half-moon; half a month; semicircle