foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
world; society; people; the public
harm; evil; poison; blight; harmful influence
connection; link; relationship
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)
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.)
Nichiren; Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
mysteries; excellent methods; marvelous law of Buddha; Saddharma; Lotus Sutra; teachings of the Lotus Sutra
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
special attack unit; kamikaze unit; suicide squad
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
trade; buying and selling
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck