to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to fall flat; to fall face down
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
domestic affairs; internal administration
warp; curvature; curve; arch
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
joint together; opposite; facing
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
putting into operation; invocation
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
(right at the) side; just beside
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
crater; caldera; burner (e.g. on a furnace)
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit