bravery; courage; heroism
Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
why; how; for what reason
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
ancestor; forefather; foremother
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
unidentified flying object; UFO
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to await; to wait for; to expect
here and there; in places
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
Ninna era (885.2.21-889.4.27)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
genuine article; real thing; real deal
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
weird; strange; mysterious
has reached its limit; has reached its peak
punishment; judgement; judgment; decapitation
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship