street; quarter; district; area
5th day of the month; five days
secret information; intelligence
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
spy; secret agent; spying
cinnabar; vermilion (mercury sulfide); red color; vermilion pigment; elixir (esp. of immortality); pill
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to become pale; to turn pale
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
proportional division; proportional distribution
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
sympathy; compassion; pity
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
only; just; merely; no more than
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
dusk; nightfall; twilight
exit; way out; outlet; vent
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
small; little; fine; (arch.) fine pattern
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently