preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
two persons; two people; pair; couple
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
hey there; I say; see here
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
stone throwing; (throwing) stone
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dandy; handsome and fashionable man; fop; chivalrous man
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
small hill; low hill; hillock
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to tower over the surroundings
fortress; stronghold; citadel
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to cover fully; to wrap around
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few