trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
family name; professional name
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
yes it is!; it surely is; certainly
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
stone mortar; millstone; quern
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
slight amount; just a hair; (lit.) hair of a rabbit
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
iron hammer; crushing blow
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
large quantity; large amount
dust; mine dust; mineral dust; airborne particles; fine powder; particulate matter
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
Coming of Age Day (national holiday; second Monday in January); Adult's Day
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to go to the next stage (after failing to reach a conclusion); to be carried over (e.g. to the next meeting); to go into (a run-off, overtime, extra innings, etc.)
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)