challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
the very best; excellent; superb
healthy; sound; wholesome
powerful medicine; strong poison
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
explosion; rupture; break off
hometown; rural township (of China)
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm); south-southwest; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
jumping to a hasty conclusion
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
spine; backbone; spinal column
hipbone; innominate bone; fortitude; perseverance; endurance
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
going according to one's wishes; ceremonial sceptre used by monks when reciting sutras (scepter)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable
go that far; to that extent
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica)
Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
being unknown; not knowing; ignorance; foolishness
historic spot; historic remains; ruins
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)