to be to the point; to be pertinent
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
to hide; to keep to oneself
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
very likely; very probable
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
seat at a table; place at a table
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
(writing, painting) brush
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
hieroglyph; hieroglyphics