reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
double suicide; lovers' suicide
even though it is not; despite not
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
source of fire; sign of fire; warmth of fire; heat
to be perturbed; to be agitated
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
book; volume; this; present; main; head
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
in succession; one after another
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...