to need; to call for; to require
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to let out a cry; to break forth
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
thereupon; shortly thereafter
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
pride; boast; credit (to)
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
Regulus (star in the constellation Leo); Alpha Leonis
Antares (star in the constellation Scorpio); Alpha Scorpii
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to run down (stairs, etc.)
eye measurement; measure with eye
error; mistake; slip; bug
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)