running water; flowing water; stream
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
isolation; being alone; being friendless
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
good policy; wise policy; best plan
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
lean figure; slender figure
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
survival; survivor; relic
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
boundary; bounds of the earth
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier