essence; true nature; substance; reality
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
thereupon; shortly thereafter
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
long time; long interval; for quite some time
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to run out (e.g. of the room)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
magatama; comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
dark reddish-brown; liver color
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch