to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
calamity; disaster; misfortune
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
stepping back; drawing back
bygones; the past; past event
hard to get; hard to come by
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to press against each other; to huddle together
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
exploitation; overuse; abuse
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got