to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
calm; composed; cool; quiet
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
left side; left-hand side
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
street; quarter; district; area
maximum permissible level or dosage
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
eta; group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
engaging or meshing (of gears); occlusion (of teeth)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
ash; embers; complete destruction
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)