to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to sniff out; to get wind of
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
interruption; interference; butting in
fixed date; appointed day
headhunting; collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
contract; compact; agreement
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
character evaluation; profile
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
way one walks; one's walk
to attract; to be used to
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
gender; distinction of sex; sex
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
breath; breathing; bless; bracelet
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
disadvantageous; long (odds)
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)