interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
on one hand; on the other hand
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
decoration; ornament; trimmings
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.)
Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)
to refer to; to use as reference
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
cavalry; mobility; maneuverability
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
acceleration; speeding up
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
wide-width (e.g. cloth); broad
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)