getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
cracks or fissures in the ground
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
short pause; short interval
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
physical strength; muscular strength