Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853)
Gashadokuro; mythical giant skeleton monster
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)
d button; data button; button on a TV remote control for accessing programme information, weather, traffic, etc.
scariest; most frightening
decisive game; important bout; crucial match
to prowl after; to keep watch on
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
nagi (species of conifer, Nageia nagi)
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
knot (nautical mile per hour)
flaring up; bursting into flames
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
moron; idiot; stupid person
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
(turned out) all right in the end
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to be enchanted; to be charmed
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.)
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to be in danger of; to be liable to
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)