fully prepared; all ready
totally willing; fully motivated
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
conifer; needle-leaved tree
in deep black; in jet black
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
thicket; coppice; brushwood
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to shed light; to cast light
being dotted with; being scattered
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
absorption; suction; attraction