major change; major transformation
licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
(arch.) Chinese bamboo; (arch.) bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.)
unification of the whole country
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
different (from); not the same (as)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to bail out (water); to scoop out
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
raging fire; conflagration
(turned out) all right in the end
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
an issue being settled; a case being closed
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate