battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
thought; thinking; contemplation; using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
venomous snake; poisonous snake
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
volley (of fire); salvo; fusillade; simultaneous firing (of guns or artillery)
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
street parking; on-street parking
pie; tart; palmier (pastry)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
Dōtanuki school (Muromachi-period swordsmithing school); sword of the Dōtanuki school (usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords); heavy sword
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
favorite sword; cherished sword
three times; thrice; third (interval)
shooting down (an aircraft)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom