post horse; mounted courier; express messenger on horseback; fast horse; swift horse
cession of an obligation; assignment of an obligation; transfer of an obligation
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
in the same way as; just like
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
bad inventory; deadstock; dead stock
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
with a fixed time; with a deadline
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
wound (suffered in a fight)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to comb down; to smooth down
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
otherwise; or else; if not
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening