Buzen (former province located in the east of present-day Fukuoka and the north of Ōita prefectures)
exceedingly little; exceedingly few; scanty; paltry; puny
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
brush; clash; encounter; skirmish
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
tactician; strategist; master swordsman
higonokami; type of folding knife with metal handle
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
past misdeed; past error; past folly; past sin
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
counter for helmets, etc.
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
weight of an (unloaded) vehicle; dead load; tare; one's own weight