old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
bloodsucking; sucking blood
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to be nearing death; to be dying
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
to give flowers as a gift
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
several shots; several blows
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way