pine needle; small gift; souvenir
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
ready with a rifle leveled
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
servile character (disposition)
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
bed of salted rice bran used for pickling
offense; offence; method of attack
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
incompetent; have no merit
folding book; counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori); counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.; counter for pairs (of curtains); counter for tatami mats
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution
determination; resolution
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
one after another; in succession; in a row
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison