echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
left side; left-hand side
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
interior; inside; internal
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to push (something) against
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
quite; utterly; really; completely
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
how can (one) do something
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
forget it; forget what I just said; scratch that; check that
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to throw open; to leave open
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
to quicken one's pace (steps)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
as; because; with; due to