advance; moving forward; progress
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
rear guard; reserve troops
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
Sturmabteilung; SA; Storm Troops; shock troops; storm troops
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
rear guard; second reserve
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
each place; various places
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
cross; crossed; cruciform
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
Hijikata Toshizou Yoshitoyo (1835-69)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
river; stream; River; the ... river
footpath between rice fields
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
one's house; one's home; one's family
having in mind; happening to know of; idea