to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
head house (family); birthplace; originator
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
deep-seated grudge; hatred
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
other; another; over; more than; I; me
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
den; wild animal dwelling; den (e.g. of thieves); hiding place; den; small snug room
European linden (Tilia x europaea); common lime; lindane
to write down; to note; to remember
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
support; backing; aid; assistance
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
draft papers; call-up notice; red paper
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
end of war; cessation of hostilities
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country