challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
to burst (open); to break; to split
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
raging fire; conflagration
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
to revere; to respect; to worship
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
population (e.g. of animals)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
triangle; triangular shape