thorough; exhaustive; complete
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
priest's black robe; priest
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life); (arch.) dragonfly; (arch.) damselfly
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
stone (used for throwing)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
aforementioned; above-mentioned
eruption; volcanic eruption
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy