(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
proper; right; reasonable
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
upset victory; come-from-behind victory
to win and advance to the next round
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
results; record; grades; marks
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
katana (sword worn on the hip edge up by samurai)
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
long (time that has passed); old (story)
historic; historical; traditional
box-shaped heavy armour, esp. used on horseback; ō-yoroi
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
region; limits; stage; level
blow; shock; strike; batting
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
countermeasure; counter-measure
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
observation; survey; watching
both armies; both teams; both sides
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
to shoot or fire off an arrow
battle formation; military formation
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
all that one has; all that there is; the whole