riding together; riding with
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
the same as something was reputed to be
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
coastal region; coastal area; coastline
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
four characters; four letters
bow (of boat); prow; stem
yes it is!; it surely is; certainly
to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
bank; weir; embankment; levee
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
year of a person's death; one's age at death
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to come into being; to be born
to qualify (as); to have the qualifications (for ...); to be entitled to; to have a claim (for)
to overdo; to do too much