Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
beginning (of a century, etc.)
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
proclamation; promulgation
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel; (lit.) there are gods that will abandon you and there are gods that will pick you up
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
(fish) biting at every cast
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
to hit hard; to strike hard
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to burst open; to pop; to split
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain