small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
long (time that has passed); old (story)
box-shaped heavy armour, esp. used on horseback; ō-yoroi
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
both armies; both teams; both sides
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
to shoot or fire off an arrow
raising and lowering; loading and unloading (cargo); praising and criticizing
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to follow loyally; to wait on someone hand and foot; to be at someone's beck and call
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
at once; there and then; immediately
scattered; separated; dispersed
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
anti-cavalry palisade (Sengoku period)
rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
members; member; constituent
one's first campaign; one's first battle
to pitch camp; to set up camp
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides