imbalance; proceeding irregularly; unsteady progress; limp; claudication
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
to object; to protest; to speak; to say; (arch.) hello!; (arch.) is anyone home?
trouble; bother; annoyance
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
cask wrapped in straw matting; beggar
one by one; one each; one at a time
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
recital; recitation; chant(ing)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
beautiful; good; excellent
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
praise; hymn (genre of the Shi Jing)
spurt of blood; hot-bloodedness; hot blood; ardour
distant place; faraway location; far away
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
without cause; without reason
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
discovery; detection; finding
side of the road; roadside
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
route; way; course; directions
boathouse; ship's hold; hatch
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway