lifelike; exact resemblance
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
before the gate; in front of the gate
here and there; in places
to be sooty; to be stained
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
severing of connections or relations
anxiety (about the future)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
complete; whole; perfect; safe
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime