genius; prodigy; natural gift
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
to get scarce; to run short
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
useful thing; usable article
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
fortress; stronghold; citadel
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
soldier; combatant; warrior
training range; training grounds; training area
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
torrent (file); torrenting
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
form; shape; figure; visage
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
height (of body); stature
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance
to shout (in anger); to yell
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to take a breath; to take a short rest