hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
husband; male patron; male customer
rice gruel with mochi; azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
royalty and titled nobility
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
one's first campaign; one's first battle
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
settlement; payment of account
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
many; much; plenty; hardly