society; company; the public; the world
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
cardinal (Catholic prelate); main thing; basic thing; cardinal (color); crimson; cardinal (bird)
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
to hit hard; to strike hard
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
sad to say; how sad; alas
postscript; PS; P.S.; pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
imposing stance; daunting pose
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
nice; good; well-executed
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
emperor (of Japan); mikado
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
royal castle; imperial castle
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
(in) the air; midair; sky
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
mountain stronghold; den of mountain bandits
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
sanity; consciousness; soberness
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
to be profitable; to yield a profit
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen
1,000,000; one million; million; many