child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
mountain road; mountain trail
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
occurrence; happening; incident; event
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
fields (of rice and other crops)
to melt together; to blend together
high street; town centre (center)
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
woman; female; feminine gender
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
things to be washed; (dirty) dishes; laundry; washing
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to complain; to make a complaint
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
helper; assistant; help; assistance
the same generation; coeval
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)