handful; small amount; small number
royalty and titled nobility
just past noon; afternoon
verbal message; word (from someone)
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
to wear a sword at one's side
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to grow taller (of people)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
just you wait and see (as a threat)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to look forward to something
descriptive poetry; epic poem
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)