jumping spider (any spider of family Salticidae)
flying column; detached force
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
defense capability; defence capability
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
honorific affix; honorific prefix
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
indication; (thermometer) reading
chili powder; chilli powder
vanishing from sight (usu. via magic, camouflage. etc.); disappearing; hiding
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
spider's thread; spider silk
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
motive power; driving force
with a whoosh; with a swish; with a whirl; whizzing by
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
slowly and quietly; smoothly
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.)