to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
Italian submarine Scirè (S527)
to look away; to turn away
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat
woodchuck; groundhog; Japanese dormouse
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
whispering into a person's ear
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
honorific affix; honorific prefix
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
covered in mud; mud-caked
all night; throughout the night
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
and then; and so; and; so then
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon