woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
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
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
mountain climbing; mountaineering
fixed rule; usual way; usual method
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
determination; conviction
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)
(inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
while; even though; despite
north entrance; north exit
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
such; like that; that sort of; very
stepwise; one step at a time