hakama; man's formal divided skirt
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
(physical) growth; development
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
door; gate; opening; title page
to call in; to invite; to bring in
stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
clerk; secretary; scribe; copyist
ahead; before; the future
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
reading aloud; recitation
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water
complication; confusion; disorder
solving a problem swiftly and skillfully
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
returning to the service of one's master
life; living; I; me; student
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
to make a success in life
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
way; method; means; resource; course
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses