descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
I see; that's right; indeed
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
1000 ri; (a) long distance
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
like; similar to; as with; in the same way