firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
innumerable; countless; numberless
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
hundred; 100; (a great) many
mask; disguise; guise; mask
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
legendary; folkloric; traditional
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
general term; generic name
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
family; relatives; dependents; household
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
black beard; noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
Fukurokuju; god of happiness, prosperity and long life
having a prominent nose; having a long nose; prideful; boastful; tengu
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); chili pepper; nanban
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
descendant; progeny; offspring
height (of a person); stature