to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
unique; peculiar; singular
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); to look young and fresh; to be elegant; to look refined; to have a calm and composed appearance
preparing for action or battle
weird; disgusting; sickening
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
rather; better; instead; if anything
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
race (of people); type of person
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
second generation; second; junior
packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
Sovietize; Sovietise; turning red; become communistic
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life)
to watch what one says; to mind one's language