aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
public announcement; official notice; edict
to trace back to (the origins of something)
under the sod; one's grave; the other world
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
also known as; also called
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
lower heavens (esp. the heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings, the lowest of the six heavens of the desire realm); heaven of enjoying emanations
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
to be born; to come into this world
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
to smirk; to grin broadly
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
road over a mountain pass
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
enemy movements; enemy's position
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
gauze (fabric); gauze texture; gauze weave