feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
materials; data; document
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
Island; insula; island; islet
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
nothing but; none other than
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
all things in nature; the whole creation
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
lower region; lower part; region below
acceleration; speeding up
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness