fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
as usual; as is one's habit
bristly beard; bristly mustache; tiger whiskers
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
astonished; very surprised
to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps
boasting; bragging; talking big
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to tire; to weary; to exhaust; to fatigue
to mix; to stir; to blend
clicking; clopping; clacking
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat
to fight with swords; to cross swords
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
dragon and tiger; (fig.) two mighty rivals
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude