hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
leaving a letter behind; letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
soldier; combatant; warrior
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to become possible; to become able to (do)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
combat techniques; combat skills; fighting techniques
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
eastern part; the east (of a region)
northern part; the north (of a region)
mound; heap; burial mound; tomb; standing stone; stone signpost
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
river; stream; River; the ... river
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper