loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
family name; lineage; birth; clan
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to cause someone to worry
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
(horned) blue demon; blue ogre
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
morals; ethics; moral training
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
together; mutually; fellow
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
white lotus; purity; pure heart
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
other; another; over; more than; I; me
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
pair; the two; both persons; both things