change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to engage in lively conversation
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
myself; yourself; I; me; you
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
by myself; in person; by oneself
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
nothing but; except; no more than
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
clearing one's throat; cough
to surrender; to give in; to yield; to submit; (lit.) to bend one's knee
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
permission; approval; authorization; license
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
Yamaguchi Prefecture (Chūgoku area)