border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to hide; to conceal oneself
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
convenient; handy; useful
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
though; notwithstanding; although
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
something; some kind of; for some reason
home area; home town; local
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
having an ancient and honorable origin
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
slim; slender; slight; delicate
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
rear right; back right; right and behind
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)