war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
meeting to show respect for the aged
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to crawl out of; to creep out of
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing
slim; slender; slight; delicate
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
semi-transparent; translucent
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
dark clouds; black clouds
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
assistance; help; assist (final pass or cross before a goal)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)