steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain
fine day; clear day; formal occasion
deliberation; discussion; consideration
Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto
eastern expedition; military campaign to the east
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
iron armor (armour); iron helmet
to bury (in the ground); to cover (coals) with ash; to bank (a fire); to get (charcoal) going (in a hibachi)
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
venue (for judo, kendo, etc.); (boxing) ring
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
attendance (at a meeting)
helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
one round; one tour; one circuit; one patrol
program (e.g. TV); programme
controversialist; polemic; disputant
to happen to hear; to overhear
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
prime of life; era of national prosperity
recollection; reminiscence
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)
office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
blood and iron; military might
longing for; burning desire
handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
fretting about forced idleness
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
music; gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music