gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
building contractor; builder; building firm
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
branch office; branch store
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
working away from home (esp. abroad); person working away from home; migrant worker
a person without a single relative
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
sympathy; compassion; pity
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
older sister; lass; young lady
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
road approaching a shrine
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
to apply pressure to; to press
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled