to step forward; to volunteer
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
very great; enormous; serious
entreaty; supplication; petition
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
precarious situation; precarious state
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to drive away; to scatter; to rout
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
bad (fictitious) bill; empty promise
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to laugh away; to laugh off
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)