martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
match; game; bout; contest
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
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.
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
item; something that one "just has to have"
antiquity; the previous era
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
fox with supernatural powers
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
now; the present time; just now; another; more
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah