feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
front; frontage; facade; main
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
blocking the way; standing in the way
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
manticore (Persian mythology)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
go on!; right!; here goes!
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim