going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down; people that stick out too much get punished; tall trees catch much wind; people that excel at something become disliked
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to jump from one thing to another
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
one revolution; one rotation
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech