riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful
early (days); initial stage; initial
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
one day; (on) a certain day
battlefield; battleground
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
electrical machinery; appliances
Saitama (city, prefecture)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
in succession; one by one
line; queue; procession; matrix
before the gate; in front of the gate
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
formal; orthodox; in earnest
(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove
entering a mountain area (for climbing); entering a monastery; coming to live in a temple
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
foresight; foreknowledge; divination