device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
Di people; Zhou dynasty term used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the north
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to put one's strength into
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
great man; hero; master mind
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
horn (instrument; made of animal horn); bugle; hunting horn
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
charm; incantation; spell; curse
unsigned; without a signature
to make one's rounds; to patrol
inspection; examination; survey
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
manners; courtesy; etiquette
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other