of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
point in common; common feature
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
empirical; from experience
prize money; monetary award; reward
tactician; strategist; master swordsman
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
originally; by nature; from the start
accurate; correct; precise; exact
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
two (long cylindrical things)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink