change; transition; vicissitudes
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
mountain road; mountain trail
vague recollection; faint memory
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
to throw open; to leave open
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
to tingle with excitement; to be full of excitement; to be thrilled
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
devil; evil spirit; genie
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
popular name; common name; given name
artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
underground train; subway
to take a step backward; to retreat a step
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
six (long cylindrical things)
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
four (long cylindrical things)
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell