to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
about when; about what time; how soon
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
question; inquiry; enquiry
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
learned priest pursuing his studies
alone; by oneself; on one's own
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to be forward; to be impertinent
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
earnestly; repeatedly; patiently
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
(historical) investigation
to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points
place; room; margin; scope
just a minute; small quantity
whimsy; looseness; indiscretion; laxity
such ... as; or some such
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
annals; chronicle; chronology
vague recollection; faint memory
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around