to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
to anticipate; to foresee
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
that is to say; so that means
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
pull; patronage; tug; discount
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
the Japanese syllabary symbols
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
final; eventual; ultimate
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
oversight; omission; mistake
no, not like that (but like this)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
such; this sort of; like this
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
completely; fully; entirely
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but