warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
good policy; wise policy; best plan
expression; look; countenance; face
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum; to fly into a rage
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
to blame; to find fault with
narrow-minded; small-minded; close-minded; intolerant
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
food and drink; eating and drinking
modesty; humility; being humble
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
sexual interest in young boys; boy love; prepubescent boy
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
fried on both sides; grilled on both sides
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
the other day; a few days ago