trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
glossy black hair; green hair
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
vitality; (one's) life force
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
commencing with; including
welcome; (warm) reception
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
every person; each one; everybody
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
suffix for familiar person
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest