brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
dirty work; unpleasant task
night attack; nocturnal assault
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
dark night; moonless night
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
chorus; singing in a chorus
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.)
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to name; to call; to christen; to term
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
in deep black; in jet black
extermination; annihilation
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
complete change; about-face
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for