simple; easy; convenient; handy
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
absorption; suction; attraction
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
entry into port; arriving in harbor
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
training (esp. in-service); induction course
time; hour; season; time of the year
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
water vapour; water vapor; steam
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
extermination; expulsion; destruction
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to