quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
newcomer; initiate; rookie
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
morning glow; sunrise colors; sunrise colours
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
brilliant; bright; dazzling
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
calamity; disaster; misfortune
thoroughly; through and through
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
number of times; frequency; count
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
military officer; naval officer
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection