assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
strict order; peremptory command
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
killing two birds with one stone
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
very interesting; of great interest
instruction; teaching; guidance; informing
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread