standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
long ago; a long time ago; already
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
speech; expression; wording; language
just past noon; afternoon
messenger; envoy; emissary
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position
to lose one's way; to get lost
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
declaration of war; proclamation of war
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
in the meanwhile; during the time
one's left hand; (lit.) bow hand
advance; moving forward; progress
wounded person; injured person
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
blow; hit (on the body); beating
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)