pottery; earthenware; ceramics; porcelain
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to take back; to recapture
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
occasional; infrequent; rare
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
inlay; inlaying; damascening
three times; thrice; third (interval)
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
other side; opposite side; other party
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
(forming a) circle; huddle; circular (battle) formation
(unfolded) thin sheet of paper; 200-character writing paper; paper money; note
sword fight (in a film, play, etc.); stage combat; fight scene
shouting in a thunderous voice
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
with a whizz; whistling sound; whizzing by; gushing out (e.g. of blood)
fierce tiger; ferocious tiger; Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
house search; search of the premises
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly