wooden building; wooden architecture
good-quality; superior in quality
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to waste time; to kill time
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to part left and right; to open out
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
sympathy; empathy; response
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to put one's life on the line
locational advantage; advantageous position
to roll up; to be rolled up
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
to get blunt; to dull; to wear out
unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place