brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
training (animals); breaking (animals)
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
additional fee; extra charge
even though it is not; despite not
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to have an uneasy conscience
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
no, not like that (but like this)
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
meritorious deed; services
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
arrest; apprehension; capture
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound