note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
press corps; group of reporters
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
verbal message; word (from someone)
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
Houjou Tokimasa (1138-1215)
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
genuine; authentic; true; real
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
day (as in holiday); daytime
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to join together; to combine; to join up
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
pretension; conceit; hubris
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
to congratulate; to celebrate
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
midsummer; height of summer
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
great difference; big difference; wide margin
proper; right; reasonable
lottery; lot; raffle; draw