comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
grand ceremony; state ceremony; important law; legal canon
crescent moon; young moon
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
fireball; bolide; fireball
US military bases in Japan
base (military, expedition, etc.); enthusiast; maniac; fanatic
armor piercing ammunition; armour piercing ammunition
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
cannon (esp. high-velocity artillery)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
making an attempt; trial run
predation; eating prey; preying upon
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
Shichishitō; Seven-Branched Sword; ancient ceremonial iron sword with six branch-like protrusions kept at Isonokami Shrine
Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword