mat; canvas (in boxing or wrestling)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
big and round (esp. of eyes); round and cute; spinning; whirling; plump and round; chubby
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
being argued into silence; being left speechless
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
order; command; directions; instructions
to pay attention; to be watchful
to head home; to leave for home
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
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in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
the last moment; the very end
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.