short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
transmission and reception; sending and receiving
food crisis; food-supply crisis
guidance; leadership; leading the way
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
together; mutually; reciprocally; adds a nuance of solemnity or formality
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to thrust down; to push off
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
safe; vault; storage cabinet
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
furnishings; implements; equipment
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
environmental destruction
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
to sob; to be choked with tears
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)