marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
detestable; despicable; abhorrent
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
depending on; dependent on
fine-meshed bamboo basket
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
(arch.) word; waka (classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
soldier; combatant; warrior
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost