adversary; opposition; hostile forces
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
to grumble; to make difficulties
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
senior; elder; person older than oneself
to take away; to carry away
near; close; beside; third person
fireball; bolide; fireball
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
spirit world; underworld; the next world
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
wise saying; famous saying
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
distant; remote; isolated
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
incompetent; have no merit
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
lethality; killing effectiveness
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; (arch.) Shinto ritual
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league