clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); female defloration
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to fall off; to tumble down
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
to dye; to colour; to color
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
gate guard (during the ritsuryō system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryō system)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath