the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king
superior; special class; higher than A class; extraordinary
by means of; due to; because of; according to
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
war; battle; match; game; competition
raging fire; conflagration
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
putting into operation; invocation
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
violent explosion; bursting
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
repechage; revival series
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point