fame; popularity; reputation
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
sending; forwarding; shipping
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
acquaintance; appreciative friend
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
heedless of danger; braving dangers
place of refuge; refugee destination
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
to encamp; to take up positions
to hand over; to surrender
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
calamity; disaster; accident
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to see through; to see the true nature of something
paper; note; document; bill
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
edge; angle; ridge (e.g. of a mountain)
home area; home town; local
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
clear writing; specification
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base