blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
impossible; unlikely; improbable
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
feeling rough (of the throat); irritated
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
flying column; detached force
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
armed forces; military; troops
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
to use and then throw away
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
theatergoer; someone who likes plays
town girl; girl raised in a town
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
process; course; mechanism
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
number of persons; personnel
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit