to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
plateau; tableland; eminence
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
advance; moving forward; progress
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to resound (echo) far and wide
disorder; chaos; confusion
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
even more; still more; further
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
evil spirit; demon; devil
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
sound of a gun; roar of cannon
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
thousands; several thousand
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
no sleep or rest; working day and night
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
most part; greater part; majority
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
clothes for doing farm work or working in fields
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)