holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to capture alive; to catch alive; to take prisoner
murder; killing; murderer
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
insufficient; not enough; lacking; dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load
to have one's ability acknowledged by others; to be appreciated for one's skill
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
a step; short distance; short time
night watch; night watchman
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to be intimate with; to befriend
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty