wound suffered in a fight
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
unqualified; without qualifications
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
fax; facsimile; fax machine
water and ink; ink painting
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
Java sparrow; Java rice finch (Lonchura oryzivora, Padda oryzivora)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
kouign-amann; round crusty cake
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
proceeding to the capital
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
traditional style of Japanese residential architecture
restoration of imperial rule
karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle)