western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
impertinent; impudent; saucy; cheeky
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
orchid; Netherlands; Holland
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
contending for victory; struggling for supremacy
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
at the last moment; this late in the game
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
going into battle; departure for the front
cannot be helped; unavoidable