foreign; abroad; overseas
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
river; stream; River; the ... river
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
large build; large pattern
acquaintance; appreciative friend
dispersing; breaking up; running away
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to fall flat; to fall face down
to fulfill one's duty; to discharge one's duties
dodoitsu; unrhymed non-metrical Japanese popular love song or limerick in the 7-7-7-5 syllable pattern
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
true state; actual condition; reality
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)