unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to blink repeatedly; to wave repeatedly (e.g. a paper fan)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to push and push; to keep pushing to the end
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to do together; to share; to participate in
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
best regards; please take care of; please do
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
this and that; one thing or another
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
under control (e.g. of territory)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
dominion; territory; possession
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
place; room; margin; scope
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly