guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
slope; slanting surface; bevel
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
grip (of hand); grip strength
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
Band-Aid; adhesive bandage; sticking plaster
blow; hit (on the body); beating
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness; animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
to amuse oneself; to make merry
aspect; appearance; physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
to come back; to bloom a second time
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
minister (of a government department)
caller; visitor; company; guest