natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
armed forces; military; troops
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
coastal waters; adjacent seas
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
go that far; to that extent
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
the state (degree) of congestion; how bad traffic jams are