massing (of troops); gathering
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
winner-takes-all (system)
several times (as large, over)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
alternately; by turns; one after the other
many items; pressure of business
hooting; jeering; heckling
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
card that can be used to make a scoring combination
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
to breathe out; to exhale
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
leopard (Panthera pardus)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
rate; late; rating; ranking
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
moment by moment; hour by hour