battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
fate; destiny; predestination
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
please (give me); please (do for me)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
bringing; taking; carrying
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute