highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
to carve out a history; to make history; to have a history
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
military sword; saber; sabre
plaintive strains; mournful tone; sad melody
to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
not understanding; not knowing
grandfather; male senior-citizen
It's nothing!; Don't mention it!
monk's fasting period (noon till 4am next day); priest's fasting period; meal taken in after noon; meal breaking one's fast; food offered to attendants of a funeral
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
elliptical shape; oval shape
two grains; two drops; two bead
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
final farewell (in this life)
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
severe; strict; tough; hard
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
inadvertently (letting out a laugh); quickly; all of a sudden; all at once