good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
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)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
high priest of a great shrine
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
old house; deserted house
older brother; elder brother
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
drama; play; powerful drug
by myself; in person; by oneself
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible