being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
deadly serious; deadly earnest
volume (sound level); volume; bulk; volume (book); volume (storage area); potentiometer
break; pause; interruption; intermission
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
in the morning; during the morning
standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series
major earthquake; large earthquake
keeping things tidy and in order
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
yumi; Japanese-style bow; Japanese-style archery
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
loanword (in Japanese, esp. one of Western origin); word of foreign origin
to fight a battle; to have a fight
preparation; arrangements
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
legendary; fabled; fabulous
offender (esp. murderer); criminal