devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
even though; despite; when
outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly; very; absolutely; by far
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
squad; section; (naval) division; detachment
perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated
command; lead; generalship; leadership
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
slope; slanting surface; bevel
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to await; to wait for; to expect
up in a tree; in the trees
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
far away in the distance; in the far distance
to defy conventional wisdom
instability; insecurity; crankiness
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on