baby girl; primary schoolgirl
perpetuation of one's descendants
cripple; disabled person; invalid
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to take; to catch; to capture
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
great trouble; difficulty
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to blow out; to spout out
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
standing on one leg; single leg stance
to finish reading; to read through
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
under control (e.g. of territory)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)