hills and fields; hill and dale
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
regret; repentance; remorse
craft brings nothing home; (lit.) the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
prayer (for something); supplication
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
revelry; tumultuous party; wild party; uproarious banquet
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
row of teeth; set of teeth; dentition
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)