what do you want?; can I help you?
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
strong pressure; heavy pressure
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
breaking off; snapping off
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
ring; band; ring; circum-
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to be hot on a person's heels
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)