fall; drop; descent; coming down
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
outrider; herald; rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
great commander; famous commander
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
no hint (e.g. quiz questions where no clues are given)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
to add (to); to add on; to append
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
strong person; the strong; the powerful
honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
split; division; break up
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion