hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
metallic sound; metallic clank
to trample down; to devastate
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
armor and helmet (armour)
to surge; to well up; to gush out
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
memory; sense; experience
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
eternal; unlimited; endless
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
small; tiny; (lit.) size of a palm
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
this world; this life; world of the living
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
first cry of a newborn baby
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
too much; excessively; too
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to bring; to take; to bring about
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)