pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to peel; to skin; to pare
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
clear; evident; obvious; white
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
self-determination; suicide
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
up until now; as recently as the present
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to cut; to slit; to slash
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
front; frontage; facade; main
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
otherwise; or else; if not
pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely
medical examination; checkup; consultation
condition; state (of health); appearance
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money