to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
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)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
bet; wager; stake; gamble
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
battlefield; battleground
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
to pitch camp; to set up camp
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot); forerunner; pioneer
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
strategist; tactician; schemer
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to say; to be called; to do