to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
environment; circumstance
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
foundation stone; cornerstone
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
way of speaking; intimation
to become keen on; to get passionate about
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
heaven and earth; top and bottom
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
marlin (fish of the Istiophoridae family); merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
central stalk of a dried rice plant
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to become dim; to become blurred
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
another time; some other time
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits