authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to slide into; to slip into
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)
to poke each other; to jab each other
at the top of one's voice
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
cross; crossed; cruciform
image; figure; figure; form; image
complete change; about-face
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
correct; proper; formal; invertible (matrix); holomorphic
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker