narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to pick up (with chopsticks); to take
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
real thing; original; actual
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
oppression; suppression; pressure
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
newspaper story (article, account)
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
everywhere; all over; throughout
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)