hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
excursion; outing; picnic
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
to order; to command; to appoint
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
failure; mistake; blunder
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
nil return; nothing offered (e.g. in wage negotiations)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
arm; skill; efforts; ability
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
argument that something is unnecessary; opposition
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction