last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
great physical power; animal strength
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
whole face; all over one's face
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to grimace; to make a wry face
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to form a circle; to stand in a circle
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to run down (stairs, etc.)
here and there; in places
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
the whole area; all areas
suddenly; all of a sudden
noisy; confused; uproarious
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
detour; circumvention; turning movement
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
decisive; resolute; drastic