occasional; infrequent; rare
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
several years; a few years
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
considerably; greatly; a lot
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
(religious) faith; belief; creed
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
serious wound; serious injury
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
hating to lose; always wanting to win; unyielding; competitive
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
(how) many times; (how) often
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)