miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to interfere; to hinder; to obstruct
half a loaf is better than none; (lit.) even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death
shaft; axle; mandrel; arbor; centre of a group
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
in the midst of the enemy
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
(opening of a) wound; cut
Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to total; to sum; to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
river surface; surface of a river
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
to approach; to draw near
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
to be dampened (of one's enthusiasm, enjoyment, etc.); to be reduced; to be weakened; to be spoiled