pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
reproachful; hateful; bitter
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
interior; inside; internal
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
four handed performance (on the piano)
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to brush off; to shake off
sidelocks; hair at the temples
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
striking one's opponent while defending from their attack
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
chance; opportunity; lucky break
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
meteor; shooting star; falling star
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)