to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to be perturbed; to be agitated
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
guard; security (officer); guardsman
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
decision; determination; resolution
to do over; to remake; to resume
outside of; not covered by
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)