to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
originally; by nature; from the start
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
beginning; outset; first; onset
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
Saikaidō (alt. name for the Kyūshū region)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
looking away; looking aside
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
while; during; while; although; all; both
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
in this way; thus; such; uh...
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
lately; recently; nowadays