bamboo screen; rattan blind
one's homeland; one's old home
water trickling from rocks
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
Hachiman (god of war); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
seeing clearly; (gods or Buddha) bearing witness (of)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
black lustre; black luster
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
helmet dome; bowl of a helmet; protective iron plate worn on a headband
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever
to set up; to raise; to nominate; to choose as a representative; to push; to shove
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
lowly person; person of low status; commoner
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
ape mask; ape-like face; ape face
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to compete with; to vie for