to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
posterity; future generations; future life
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
huge rock; firmness; solidity
decrease; reduction; decline
tendency; trend; inclination
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to be led by; to be headed by
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
true state; actual condition; reality
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
quickly adaptable; pro-active
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
don't worry; no worries; never mind
head temple of a Buddhist sect; headquarters (of an organization); head of operations; nerve center
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to sustain a serious wound
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to understand; to make out
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine