one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to gather; to collect; to assemble
moving about; stirring about
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
strategist; tactician; schemer
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to play a leading role; to play a central part
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)