to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
composed expression; clear face
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
suggestion; hint; implication
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
instead; but (on the other hand)