texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
sweating easily; profuse sweater
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
interference; intervention; meddling
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
imitation Japanese vellum
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
four corners; four ordinal directions
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else