war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
(Edo-period) town magistrate
police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
as you see; as you can see
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief