randori (freestyle judo training)
to run about; to rush about
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
endurance; perseverance; patience
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into