to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
the first and second; a few
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
violent explosion; bursting
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to be hot on a person's heels
to anticipate; to foresee
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
striking with the back of the sword
weight; heavyweight boxer
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to say (something) over one's shoulder
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
just one person; only one
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive