to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
nutriment; wholesome; savoriness; savouriness; rich food; nourishment
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste; paint thinner (as an inhalant)
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
loose; immoral; dissolute; slovenly; untidy; messy
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
illegitimate child; secret love child
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
hostility; animosity; enmity
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
turmoil; chaos; confusion
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to lose one's presence of mind; to lose one's composure; to lose one's head; to get flustered
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished