to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting
failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name
whispering; murmuring; subdued
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
completely honest relationship; hanging out naked (e.g. at a public bath)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
marking; grading; scoring
banquet or reception hall
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
unexpectedly; surprisingly
for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
successive generations; successive emperors
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to cease; to stop; to be over
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to shout (in anger); to yell
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)