danger; peril; hazard; risk
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
superlative; extraordinary; mega; superdreadnought (class of warships)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
order from the company president
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
how long; how far; how much
branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as an offering); sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to make up one's mind; to be determined
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
at; in; at; when; by; with
right under; directly below; right beneath
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side
to knead well; to polish; to refine