worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
until now; so far; up to the present
alone; by oneself; on one's own
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
(arch.) pit; (arch.) hole; kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
how; in what way; how about
Saikaidō (alt. name for the Kyūshū region)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
complete collection; large collection; complete works
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
running away; escaping on foot
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
arm; skill; efforts; ability
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
directly under; falling perpendicularly