suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
military science; strategy; tactics
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
notice; notification; memorandum; circular
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
3.03 meters (ten shaku); length; measure; Mr.; Mrs.
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
(together) with; -wide; including
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)