connection; link; relationship
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
one way or the other; either way
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
to shake; to sway; to waver
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
flour; meal; powder; dust
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
difficult to ...; hard to ...
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
honorific affix; honorific prefix
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty