railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
to run through; to run past
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
muddy water; red-light district
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
prospects of victory; chances of success
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to kick (at someone, something)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to rain incessantly; to downpour
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
negative emotions; negative feelings
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
vitality; (one's) life force
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)