guidance; leadership; leading the way
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
last week; the week before
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
match; game; bout; contest
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
appointed time; timetable; schedule
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
how many people; a number of people
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
long; drawn-out; very long
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
question and answer session
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something