important documents; important papers
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to repeat; to be frequent
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
rear right; back right; right and behind
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
fortune-telling; divination
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to have one's knees be about to give way
to decide the outcome (e.g. game); to be very different; to be sharply contrasted
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
turning round (a ship); changing course; veering
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view