beginning; outset; first; onset
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
to become possible; to become able to (do)
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to play for time; to use delaying tactics
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
punishment; judgement; judgment
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning