very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
minimum; at the very least
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
apparently; appears to be
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to be entwined; to be involved
scenery; scene; landscape
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
voice change; voice break
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting