pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
reading aloud; recitation
postwar period; period after Second World War
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to stiffen; to become stiff
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
here and there; in places
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
tips of one's hair; hair ends
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
to skip over (while reading); to skim
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to thrust away; to send flying
direction of a current; course of a ship