only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
treat; banquet; feast; thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
to explain adequately; to be accountable
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to leap back; to jump back
mouth of a (sword) sheath
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to take a step backward; to retreat a step
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
flour; meal; powder; dust
field; plain; prairie; moor
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear