protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line
ritual stamping in the ring; lineup; appearance together
son of a bitch; piece of shit
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to put into effect; to put into practice
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy