the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
grip (of hand); grip strength
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
band aid; adhesive bandage
blow; hit (on the body); beating
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness; animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to amuse oneself; to make merry
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to come back; to bloom a second time
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
caller; visitor; company; guest
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
densely covered in thick hair; hairy; fuzzy
of tender years; very young
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor