authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
butting (in boxing); clashing (of schedules, etc.); conflict; colliding
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
chapter title page; divisional title
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
day by day; every day; by the day
degree of relative priority
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter