high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
courting; wooing; making advances
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
successively; one after another
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
younger brother and sister
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
shameless; shameless person
rebel; traitor; insurgent
death (of an emperor); demise
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
rule; reign; government; governing
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration