insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
etc.; et cetera; and so on
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
without; unless; have to do
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
ancestor; forefather; foremother
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
to lose sight of; to miss
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
this and that; one thing or another
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
armed forces; military; troops
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
disaster; calamity; misfortune
example; illustration; precedent
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
arc shape; crescent shape
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat
predation; eating prey; preying upon
other; another; over; more than; I; me
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble