complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
nature; property; disposition
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
be (that) as it may; having said that
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
mountain road; mountain trail
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
cares; ill feeling; reserve
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
measuring worm; inchworm; looper (caterpillar)
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky