one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
beginning; outset; first; onset
voice quality; type of voice
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
to have a talk; to tell a story
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to raise one's voice; to shout
to order; to command; to appoint
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
guess; speculation; supposition
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
that's the way it is; such is life
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
straight; as the crow flies
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
a pair (of shoes or socks)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
high and low; rise and fall
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around