birth; creation; formation
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
son of a bitch; piece of shit
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to spend time (on doing something)
also known as; also called
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
parts; accessories; components
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to be born; to come into the world
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to cease; to stop; to be over
situation; developments; outcome
place of residence; dwelling place
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)