bow with a heavy draw weight; someone who wields a heavy-draw-weight bow
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to sit down; to take a seat
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis); female hawk (or falcon); falconry (using a northern goshawk)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
drinking bout; merrymaking
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
tool; implement; means; furniture