to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
throw; throwing; resigning (a game of shogi, go, etc.); giving up; selling at a loss; sell-off
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
stark naked; completely naked; nude
(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
brook running across meadowland; small river flowing through a field
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
river management; river improvement; flood control
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
professor; teaching; instruction
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
human kindness; human weakness
side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants)
massing (of troops); gathering
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)