riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang
Maitreya (bodhisattva); Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats)
pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
premature death; untimely death; dying young
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
bad influence; negative influence
to ascend; to go up; to climb
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
loosely dangling; lightly swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to look daggers at someone
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
force of a fire; force of flames
to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
cut; reduction; curtailment
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus
transformer; converter (socket plug adapter)
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
historical; traditional; historic
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
election; selection; choice
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster