to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to go past; to pass; to pass by
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
ingenuity; resourcefulness
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
to make one's own; to take possession of
to lure someone; to entice someone
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
veil of darkness; curtain of night
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
same family (race, tribe)
perception; sensing; noticing
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
miscreant; scoundrel; villain