to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to tower extremely high; to pierce the sky; to overflow (with energy); to run high (of spirits, momentum, etc.); to surge (of a feeling)
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
to muster up one's courage
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
emergency evacuation site (typically outdoors); refuge shelter
gambling den; gambling house
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
ministries and government offices; the authorities
plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate); plate (dish); (tectonic) plate; (home) plate; pitcher's mound; plate; plate
teetotal day; day off drinking; (lit.) liver rest day
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)