eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
head of a sleeping person
fantastical idea; fanciful notion; bizarre thought
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
good-natured; of good character
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to speak; to hear a voice
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
noble undertaking; heroic deed
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
step; stride; counter for steps
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack
silence (not speaking); muteness
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)