pail (for water); bucket; cistern; water tank
getting on board; sailor; seaman
slope; slanting surface; bevel
aging; wearing out; deterioration
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
to fly around; to scatter
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
to bubble; to foam; to froth
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
to trample; to crush underfoot
battlefield; battleground
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
to prostrate oneself before
willow-leaf arrowhead; part of a Japanese stirrup; willow leaf
outrageous; reprehensible; rude; insolent; nefarious
to take command; to give direction
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
study of foreign languages; linguistics
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor