side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
changing completely; transformation
national border; provincial border
sun; saint; San (people); son
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to make a vow; to take an oath
body; group; party; company; troupe
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
carrying voice; well-projected voice
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
to choke; to have trouble breathing
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
sour look; surly face; pout
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
to hold fast; to protect to the end
natural calamity; disaster
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide