loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
miser; niggard; cheapskate
waste; lavish spending; dissipation
very much; exceedingly; extremely
literary profession; writing
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
great commander; famous commander
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
top of the head; crown of the head
(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
charcoal; charred remains
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
magistrate; shogunate administrator
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
insatiable; untiring; persistent
whipping; beating with a whip; whiplash
crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
obstinate and self-assertive
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.
flat part on the top of the cranium
all night; throughout the night
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin