pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
station; office; guardroom
old body; aged person; elderly person
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
and yet; despite (all) that
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
person concerned; interested party; related party
(period of) a year; during an era
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
importance; emphasis; stress
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
two times; twice; two degrees
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
class; heading; group; category
strain; deformation; warp; harmful effects; strain; stress
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
to cut into (a conversation); to interject