dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji); wrestling ring; dire or risky situation with no room for error; sink-or-swim position
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
signs of defeat; adverse situation
face; looks; vestiges; trace
billow; surge; large wave
sabotage; slow-down tactics
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
vexing; irritating; impatient
magnanimity; generosity; tolerance
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
good contrast; marked contrast
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed
to strike dead; to beat to death
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
romantic school; romanticism
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
scene; sight; scenario; setting