combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to say; to tell; to state; to do
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
true to one's name; living up to one's name
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to cause someone to worry
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
curse; spell; malediction
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
battlefield; battleground
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to publish a book; to put out a book
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man