to anticipate; to foresee
overconfident; presumptuous
at first; in the beginning; originally
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
hidden room; secret chamber
enterprise; business; company; corporation
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
meeting; greeting; welcome
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
adventurous; risky; hazardous; perilous
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
wind-swept; exposed to the wind