chance (of success); odds
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
foundation stone; cornerstone
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
thunderous roar; roaring sound
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
what kind of business; what sort of matter
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to scuttle off; to take flight