rising; ascending; climbing
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to complain; to lodge a complaint
fear; dread; fright; willies
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
pride; dignity; self-respect
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
passing through without stopping; passing by
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to watch intently; to stare
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
sense of duty (obligation)
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
tail (animal); tail end; tip
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious