customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to face; to go towards; to head towards
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
to boil strongly; to be excited
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
(your) choice; preference; wish
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
way; method; means; resource; course
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things