zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
to show; to bare (the teeth)
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
squad; section; (naval) division; detachment
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
farewell cup; farewell dinner
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
thundering; roaring; rumbling; booming
gunsmoke; smoke of cannon
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
walking speed; walking pace
primeval forest; virgin forest
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
rapid firing; continuous firing; firing in quick succession
left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.); left flank; left field; left fielder
battle cry; war cry; charging (at the enemy) with a shout
indescribable; having no way to express
to push and push; to keep pushing to the end
calm; composed; leisurely
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
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
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
pardon; remission; amnesty
escaping the heat to enjoy the cool breeze (by the river, etc.)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve