outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to look away; to avert one's eyes
evil design; crafty plan; plot
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to count on one's fingers
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
beforehand; in advance; previously
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to talk; to chat; to chatter
various kings; unproclaimed son of the imperial family
to trample down; to devastate
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
birth; creation; formation
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance