formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
same as above; ditto; ibid.
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
mid-year gift; summer gift
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
all present; all concerned; all of us
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
high heels; high-heeled shoes
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to give; to do (something) for
ambitious; motivated; willful
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)