main question; real issue at hand
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
other; another; over; more than; I; me
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
deep inside; innermost place
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
half the body; half length
mousseline de laine; light woollen fabric; moth; moss
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
drawer unit (next to a desk); return
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
-less; lacking; non-existing
line of spears held at the ready
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
principle; theory; fundamental truth
advanced level; high grade; senior
(former) imperial university
sphere; counter for balls
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil