country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
man; male; masculine gender
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
thousands; several thousand
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
(having) same family and personal name
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
transposition; dislocation; rearrangement
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
you only live once; you only have one life
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
human intellect; knowledge
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
counter for books; volume
calm; composed; cool; quiet
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving