both; both sides; both parties
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
covered with; stained; smeared
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
unseasonable; out of season
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
very great; enormous; serious
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
stagnation; hindrance; delay
righteousness; justice; right