downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to mix; to blend; to combine
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to pierce through; to break through
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
shifting gears; changing gears
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
going upstream; swimming upstream
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
overconcentration (esp. of population, cultural and political institutions, etc. in Tokyo); heavy concentration
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
refining; purification; careful manufacture
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
to make sense; to be meaningful
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)