the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
lodging (house); accommodation; hotel; housing (for government employees)
to run around; to bustle about
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
general idea; concept; notion
with a friendly grin; smilingly
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
successively; one after another
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
story; tale; talk; discussion
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious