to begin to walk; to set out
exploitation; overuse; abuse
joints; points (of a speech)
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
quiet; still; surreptitious
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
hedge; fence; border; limit
love; attachment; adoration
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
devoted; self-sacrificing
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
departure; leaving; starting; standing
part; section; affected part (of the body); private parts; genitals
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
entrance to a daimyo's mansion; glans (of the penis)
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
child; offspring; issue; sperm; (one's) seed
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
easy to drink; easy to swallow; quaffable
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
apparent; obvious; very clear
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor