courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
explosion; rupture; break off
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
dozens; scores of; decades
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
lower region; lower part; region below
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
function; facility; faculty; feature
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
even so; anyhow; at any rate
to take a veneer off something
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
beyond imagination; unimaginable
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally