time; hour; period; class
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
a little bit; a little while
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to jump upon (a moving object)
lightly; easily; carelessly
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
choices; alternatives; options
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
relatively; comparatively
alone; by oneself; on one's own